Yesterday, during #MondayBlogs, I was reading a post by Colleen Story on Forest Bathing. I had never heard the term before, but loved the immersion it called to mind. I live in an odd spot for forest bathing. When I hike or walk or run, towering palm trees are casting their slender shadows before my … Continue reading A Forest in the Desert
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Descent ~ #MondayBlogs
Blood pooling spreads heavy in itself weighing down the limbs Sound vanishes and sight narrows to a dark horizon where dawn will shatter the mountain tops the moon casts its strange desert spell as the hills wind ever upward and I fight forward always set to outrun myself pushing for my anonymous win - Caroline … Continue reading Descent ~ #MondayBlogs
Salvation…#wwwblogs
I ran beneath the bright moon as the sun rose Rippled clouds above carried grays and wishes for rain As my blood fueled my legs forward, forward It was every run and a first, all its own It was all the nights in college running darkened streets catching cobwebs on my hair avoiding possums My … Continue reading Salvation…#wwwblogs
Wellness Catch Up!
I've been sharing so much poetry here lately that I may have forgotten how to write prose! Today, an interview I did with Colleen M. Story over at the Writing and Wellness blog is out and available. Please go on over to read it right here. While you're there, read some of the other posts … Continue reading Wellness Catch Up!
The Chatterbox…#MondayBlogs
There's a chatterbox living in my brain. Her voice is a combination of my own, and the words of (what seems to be) every book I have ever read. Lately, I really need that voice to shut the hell up. Sometimes, that many words flowing all the time are nothing but a huge distraction. And … Continue reading The Chatterbox…#MondayBlogs
The Tortoise…#MondayBlogs
I've started over: the week, the day, my training. I'm in a #MondayBlogs on a Tuesday, since it can't really be Tuesday, can it?
A Dash of Reality…#MondayBlogs
Since I'm training for the Ventura marathon, I feel like using the word dash as more of a pun there in my headline. I don't usually write two posts for #MondayBlogs, but the topics in my head need two separate spaces. At the start of the year I shared my commitment to finally run a … Continue reading A Dash of Reality…#MondayBlogs
New Paths and New Stories…#MondayBlogs
I've been working on a sequel to my last novel, Darkness, for what feels like an eternity. In the first writing there were three chapters that just didn't ring true. I poked at them. I walked away from them. I scrapped them and tried to plug in new chapters there. Finally, I went back to … Continue reading New Paths and New Stories…#MondayBlogs
Friday Philosophy…Running
I don't know if I'm an oddball, or completely normal in how I view running. I've said here before that, for me, swimming is the most meditative experience I achieve. But, running? That's another thing entirely. It's metaphysics. It forces me to examine my constructed reality, my identity, with every step, every mile. When I … Continue reading Friday Philosophy…Running
Renew and Regroup…#MondayBlogs
We took a vacation. This doesn't happen every year for us. Until 3 years ago, I had gone 6 years without a vacation. This time, the gap was only 3 years, so that's not too shabby. With each passing year, we're pushing for a summer vacation: Lara, and the kiddos and I, somewhere it is … Continue reading Renew and Regroup…#MondayBlogs