Getting excited here about some upcoming runs! One is this coming weekend. We have an Easter weekend to visit family, so will be traveling to near where the setting of my climate change novel Back to the Garden took place, in the Selkirk Mountains, which dip from British Columbia into Idaho (where the story began). …
Just got back from a sweaty run. Oh how I am going to suffer in the summer. It’s not even really that warm here, but it’s extremely humid and sweat is still pouring off me. Guess I’m going to have to toughen up! If you haven’t noticed, I have changed the name of the blog …
I am writing this on my lunch break today, mainly because I have been bogged down lately in getting a book to the printer. The new title, Jim Schaefer’s Two Houses of Oikos, is Moon Willow Press’s first non-fiction title, and I have had a lot of great moments with the book so far. Jim …
Today I ran nearly two miles after hitting the Gilnetter Pub last night and then not getting much sleep, and still getting up early to come to work. Something about drinking cold white ale with orange slices while sitting at the Gilnetter, with Morgan, overlooking the Fraser River and the stark Mount Baker behind it, …
I am giving myself a short break from reading and interviewing authors of environmental novels and finally have the time to sink into Naomi Klein’s non-fiction This Changes Everything, a fantastic read. I honestly held out on it back when I was trying to buy a physical copy whose money was to go to the …
Today I ran my first real 5K during my lunch hour (and my first sub-40 minute 5K, yes I’m slow!) and was a little late back to work, but it felt wonderful. My last 5K was during a rainforest run, with lots of hills involved, so I ended up walking more than I normally do. …
The cherry blossoms are blooming in Vancouver today, and today’s run was warm and sunny, promising of spring. My running thoughts were all about Alejandro Jodorowsky (whose birthday is today!) whose vision of the film Dune, based off Frank Herbert’s novel, should go down into history as the greatest film never made. I would highly recommend …
First off, I have had some tough runs lately. I still struggle and don’t feel too past where I was late last year after finishing the c25k program. I can generally run two to two and half miles during lunch twice a week, but lately have had to sometimes walk a block or two during …
Often times in the past my husband and I have been to Mundy Park, which is a large 435-acre urban forest nestled in our city. The eastern edge of it is up a very long, steep hill from us, and going west heads over to the playground, swimming pool, and sports field. Well, because it’s …
Tuesday when I was running in the bright sunshine, foolishly wearing the green woolen running shirt (it became too warm!), I thought of home. It’s a recurring thought lately as I’ve been re-watching one of my favorite television shows, The West Wing. I was born and raised in the United States–born in Kentucky to a …