A laugh How do you feel about Pringles? Wayne called me over to his office (these are COVID times, so that means walking about five feet to the other room) on Friday to watch comedian Lewis Black’s Rantcast about Pringles. (This is relevant because Wayne and I have spent quite a few late afternoons during […]
In December, I met Noor and Aziz
Here’s something good about 2021: Vaccinations against COVID-19, which began in the US on December 14, continued to be administered around the world. Here’s something frightening about 2021: An insurrection took place at the US Capitol on January 6 and divisiveness is rampant. Before we can properly start to process what 2021 may hold, it’s […]
100 miles in December
If you have ever been exposed to an ultra race before, you have seen an event that stretches the participants physically as they attempt herculean distances. The Tallahassee Ultra Distance Classic, a tradition in our area, involves runners attempting to complete either 50 miles or 50 kilometers (around 31 miles) before a time cut-off. I’ve […]
Writing my way out: 2020’s top posts
It’s time for my final post for 2020. I took a look back at the posts that performed the best this year, and I’m sharing them here. Why I don’t call other women “Karen” (unless that’s their name) Note: The “Karen” post didn’t perform all that much better than any of my other posts when […]
When “One More Day” eludes us
Kym Klass wears a semicolon necklace. The necklace is related to the death by suicide of her sister, Katie. In Kym’s book, One More Day, she shares about her personal journey through multiple traumatic events in her life. One of those was Katie’s death by suicide on October 31, 2015. Kym and I have been […]
Two-tenths more – going beyond
BEYOND There’s a trap we all fall into. Maybe it’s presumptuous to say all of us do, so I’ll own this specifically for myself. When we need to change something, we hesitate because we can’t make that change happen in the big, absolute, life-changing way we envision. I’ve gotten into a really horrific exercise rut. […]