You may, or may not, have noticed the races listed in my sidebar. Listed among them is the Santa Barbara Marathon in December which will be my 15th marathon. Woo hoo! Or NOT …unless I get serious about my running again. Well, getting serious is exactly what I intend to do. Just before my camping [...]

I’m sitting by the river, enjoying the sounds of kids laughing.  The sun is hot and the water freezing.  Of course, no camping trip would be complete without being eaten alive by mosquitos.  The mosquitos managed that on the first night — ‘cuz they think that I am SO SWEET…blooded.  They even managed to bite [...]

I never dreamed that the act of blogging would be as powerful as it has proven to be. You, my dear readers, are considered my “friends” in the true sense of the word. We share so much of our lives and deepest thoughts with each other. I feel I’ve known many of you for all [...]

This is a Guest Post by brit who usually blogs at Running Stitch, a blog that as this is typed is currently broken. brit has thus started harrassing fellow bloggers into letting her blog on their blogs.  She promises not to move the furniture because obviously she can not be trusted to not break things. [...]