Tonight it is time to relax my poor dogs and sip some red wine. I’ve had a full week of running, in preparation for the Great Climate Race on November 8. I did over 5K in the beautiful Mundy Park, but was so hyped up after that, so I ran another 2.5K down the “Chilko…
I will make today’s a short update on the running blog. Last week we did a 10K hike at Buntzen Lake on Saturday, which was more of a workout than running due to the steep hills and warm weather. I’m so happy it has cooled again this week, and I began running again, prepping for…
As posted last week, I am getting in the mood for fall. My runs have been better, but I feel true training will ramp up when it becomes cooler again. My goal is to up my one “long” run a week, which is currently around three miles, to double that. Something happened this past week…
Here is my confession, which many would maybe never guess: I love fantasy and science fiction. It started as a young girl, when I was intrigued by Grimms Fairy Tales. My parents used to also read Aesop’s Fables to me. The illustrations in these early books depicted great stories and parables, usually of the old…
I’m feeling physically and emotionally much better than my last running post, which was rife with drought worries, family worries, and even a few health worries. I had written in my first run post that I may someday face challenges as a runner with diabetes. However, running 6-10 miles a week (and hiking, walking on…
The Father’s Day race this weekend, besides being very hot, was great. I ran the 5K but noticed that most people had to just walk a little due to that heat. My husband said it was true of those running the 10K as well. I also ran extra after the race so that I…
I began reading the nonfiction book While Glaciers Slept, by M Jackson (see my interview with her), who is a climatologist and National Geographic expedition leader who studies glaciers. The author and I had some conversation, and though she is getting ready to lead an expedition now, look forward to more of our talk…
This post contains some spoilers about the movie Tomorrowland. Last night, after a great run, we went with a group of friends to see the movie Tomorrowland, starring George Clooney, Raffey Cassidy (she deserves an Oscar), Britt Robertson, and Hugh Laurie. At the end of April I posted in our nature writing and art group…
The movie Tracks, based on Robyn Davidson, who trekked on foot across Australia in the 1970s, is now on Netflix. I watched it over the weekend and was so inspired by this woman who made this journey with her dog Diggity and four camels. The trek was long and looked very tough, but the sweet…
About a year ago I began to write a new novel about an oil spill, based on a fictional tar sands oil pipeline going through eastern Kentucky. But this year has been busy with more books than normal being published at my press, the upkeep of this site, and continued monitoring of our community discussion…
