Inspired by my friend Jessica’s post on Words from the Wild about a photograph she took, I thought I would do a similar post in my running blog. Jessica is a moderator in our Google+ group, Ecology in Literature and the Arts, and I admire her vast experience and travels, which inspire her nature writing….
Sometimes it’s easy to turn to social media for being social, and I have realized lately how much time it takes. How unreal it feels. I use it for my business and to create awareness about climate change and other environmental problems, but I have a hard time getting into any kind of online social…
I’m the crazy chick you’ll see running in a downpour as if it were chill and sunny. That was me today, as I decided that over lunch I’d run up to the pharmacy and back, which is about 5.2K all around. I was smart to wear the one long-sleeved wool running shirt that I borrowed…
Lots of people are taking not only to the streets but to the deserts and through snowstorms to get to, or march in, rallies around the globe–calling for climate action–coinciding with the climate talks in Paris, which begin November 30. After running a short recovery run today, I was blown away by reading about climate…
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This weekend was pretty awesome. Due to back problems and not training as much as I should have for this 10K, and having had a couple bad episodes where I could barely move, I extremely doubted my capability to run a 10K this past weekend. But something somewhere, deep inside, said I could do it….
Unlike the summer, and even into the recent fall warm days, this has been a year of much heat and drought. But autumn is here, for sure. Sugary snow has frosted nearby mountains due to recent heavy precipitation. Today, a short 2-mile run, was sunny, very cold, and just beautiful. Living and running in the…
