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Runner en Route
Sunday Runday, and the day slipped away from me. I plodded out a ten kilometer loop in the wee hours of the morning, running with the same trusty group of friends who have kept me company through a summer of adventure running and virtual race training. Yet over the summer something silly and spontaneous happened
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Hobbling and Hurting
Sunday Runday, and it’s been a couple weeks since I sat down to write a post. It is a summer break for me, after all, and I’ve been out on the road, in the mountains, on the lake, and … as the topic of this post will soon reveal, running through the wilderness. In fact,
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Casting Call
Our recent camping trip north of the city opened the door for a few good opportunities to toss a line into the lake. I brought along my new fishing rod, rigged it up for the ready, and leaned it against an out of the way tree in case the mood or moment struck. Our campsite
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Local Big (Part Two): Kielbasa
A couple weeks ago as I was getting ready for my summer posting schedule, I wrote about the local “world’s biggest” attractions that are dotted all around the rural countryside near where we live. As it happens, we took the scenic route home from a weekend camping trip, driving for two an a half hours
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A Reprieve by Rain
It was raining this morning when I woke up, the light, almost inaudible patter of drops hitting the windows and roof, creeping into my zone of awareness as I lay in bed contemplating starting my day. The rain is oh-so welcome this morning, in the wake of a week-long heat wave that baked the city
