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I’m baaaack!

It appears – after a six-month hiatus – I am dating again. Not that I’ve deliberately sought out dates lately, it’s just that I’ve worked through some stuff and lightened my baggage load a bit. So after Johnny-cake guy turned … Continue reading

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Johnnycake wisdom: nice guy meets crazy girl

So, why was your evening weird?” asks Shae over Saturday morning johnnycakes and eggs benny at a downtown Caribbean restaurant. I tell him all about it: the impromptu meet-up, the delicious antipasto, the vibrant conversation, the incredible chemistry, the kiss … Continue reading

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Coming clean

{I made this post sticky for a couple of days because it is featured in Schmutzie’s Five Star Friday for May 7} I lay sobbing in my bath tonight. I had just returned home from a business trip, running on … Continue reading

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Laundry Day

by Muse Blowing off a rainy hill workout to sit at the laundromat. A group of runners trots past, headlamps bobbing in the winter evening’s darkness. <<Guilt>> OK, that passed quickly. Hey maybe this is a good place to meet … Continue reading

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Streaming consciousness

When the rain moistens the streets and the leaves limp and slick underfoot threaten  banana-peel humility I slap on a headlamp and chase the drops falling in its beam of light. Three workouts in 36 hours. Not enough to outrun … Continue reading

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I speak. I flow. I am.

Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell. As you ring, what batters you becomes your strength. Move back and forth … Continue reading

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Things I want to do before I die, including things I've done already

Running a marathon is on my list of Things to Do Before I Die. As I approach race day, although I am focused on that goal, I’m also thinking of the other things I want to do in my life. … Continue reading

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Duck Duck Goose

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkZcsEL0afY] The old adage holds: if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, but calls itself a goose, it’s still a duck. Sometimes I wish I were 10 years old again

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Hi-Def reality check

I couldn’t understand where my mojo for writing went these last few weeks. I was feeling guilty for not keeping it up. I’ve also been neglecting my friends a bit lately, feeling even guiltier about that. For the first time … Continue reading

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Dating Game

Meeting Originally uploaded by Chris (archi3d) Do’s & Don’ts for dating me – and pretty much any woman. I have found, sadly, many men don’t know how to be gentlemen anymore. The truth is though: men and women are different. … Continue reading

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