I am keeping tonight’s post short. I have a limited amount of time in NYC and will save a proper thank you for everyone’s generous support of my United NYC Half Marathon effort on behalf of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for a future post. I also have a lot to say about the […]
Goodbye, Mary Nell
Today, I attended the funeral of Mary Nell. One of the many floral arrangements was this one: When I first saw this arrangement, I was surprised to see seed packets and trowels. They implied there was still work to be done at a time when the focus was on one individual’s perpetual rest. Upon further […]
Five Questions for 2015
It’s the first day of March and I a doing a “look back at 2014” post. Hmmm….. It is a little late in the year for this, but I was attracted to these “5 Questions to Make the Most of 2015” and their accompanying quotes so I decided to give them a shot. Retrospection is […]
Fred’s Drive-By Shooting
When Mama Kat proposed the following writing prompt a few weeks ago: Write a 26-line poem using all the letters of the alphabet, where the first line starts with the letter “A,” the second “B,” the third “C,” etc., culminating with the final line starting with “Z.” I knew I had to give it a go! We […]
Why I Agreed to the “Human Microchip”
I have been doing heart rate-based (HRT) training since April 2012. HRT focuses on the athlete training to certain heart rate zones rather than focusing on pace, speed, distance, or perceived effort. Read this post from RunRunLive for a great basic explanation. Setting your heart rate zones involves a max HR test and threshold testing […]
Don’t Be Poky About College Tuition Planning
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by the Florida Prepaid College Board, through my role as a Believer Blogger. All thoughts are my own. A friend of mine has a new baby daughter, and friends throughout the nation are donating books to the library at his town’s elementary school in her honor. When I went to […]