In my RunChat post this month, I fretted about my most recent recovery week: how I didn’t really want to take a hiatus from hard training days to “recover,” how I wasn’t sure I really ran as “free” as the “free” runs my coach assigned me. In the post, I asked how “free” I really […]
Forecast: Memphis to Become Hot Spot of Compelling Weather Television
My Facebook acquaintance Kathy Caprino wrote a moving, poignant post today in memory of her dad. In closing, she said: This Memorial Day weekend, I’d ask you to bring to mind someone who has shaped your life positively. Let’s remember those who brought happiness and positivity into our world. Write a blog post about it, […]
The Brick (Flash Fiction)
I was fortunate to be able to participate in the Tallahassee Writers Association annual conference Saturday. One of the workshops was about Flash Fiction (The Wink of Immediacy), and it was led by Mark Ari. Mark led us through an activity, the centerpiece of which was “The Brick”: Our first instruction was to pass the brick from […]
Leaders Open Doors (A Book Review)
Visit most elementary school classrooms, and you will see a division of duties that includes job tasks critical to the smooth functioning of the classroom: line leader, snack helper, paper passer, calendar captain, and door holder. Although Mama Kat’s prompt tonight asked us to “share something your child said or did that surprised you,” I […]
Wordless Wednesday (Cade’s “11” Edition)
This past weekend, I ran with a superhero. The only feet touching the ground were mine, but I was not a “solo” runner. I was running with 200+ of Cade’s friends. The occasion was “Run the 11th Mile for Cade on Mother’s Day Weekend“ A compilation of images from my run is below. I kept hoping for […]
So Over These Overages
I have hesitated writing this blog post because a) I had hoped the situation would be resolved by now; b) I don’t like dragging companies through the mud image-wise if there is anything I can do through less public channels to resolve things; and c) I wasn’t confident about my ability to explain the facts. […]