Early in the year, I laid out my training schedule for BSIM as a training race or “fun run.” Basically, I set out to train well enough to not suffer horribly on race day but with gumby-like flexibility in the plan to allow for my busy life. No pressure to BQ, no time goals, just [...]

A colleague, and wine connoisseur, gave me this “beautiful” bottle of wine. I can’t wait to pull the cork and induldge.

In childhood, my parents taught us to say grace at the dinner table before taking our first bite. It was always the same: “Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen.” In adulthood, my view on the prayer is that it [...]

On a run down the railroad tracks, this is what I came to. I love wild flowers. Don’t you?