Saturday night was the 16th annual Last Run in Albany. This is absolutely one of my favorite races of the year - festive, fun and filled with friends. This year, my friend Lisa got herself together and registered before the race reached its 1500 runner capacity and we had a blast! The course for this … Continue reading Albany’s Last Run
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Santa Speedo Sprint!
Winter WonderLark, continues to be my favorite annual Lark street event. My little guy and I have gone three years in a row and we always have a good time. When I pitched the plan to him late last week, I mentioned the race with all the Santas. He looked at me blankly. When I … Continue reading Santa Speedo Sprint!
Instant Karma
On the anniversary of John Lennon's death I can't help but remember where I was at that time. Freshman year, high school, almost winter. The news took me by surprise, of course. First John Bonham, now John Lennon. Two of my favorite bands were clearly never ever getting back together, a reality that predates Taylor … Continue reading Instant Karma
From jingle bells to a masquerade gala
Yep, just another day in the life. December dawned with an appropriate and picturesque dusting of snow, pretty to look at, but not necessarily fun to run on. I thought the Jingle Jog 5K began at 9:00, but since 10:00 was the actual time, I had plenty of time to stretch and mentally prepare to … Continue reading From jingle bells to a masquerade gala
Thanksgiving 2012 – iPhone Photo Highlights
When Thanksgiving became Independence Day
Many years ago, pre-children, I remember discussing the merits of instructing children to cross only at the green vs. teaching them how to jaywalk intelligently. Their father and I agreed that the latter was the ideal and vowed to do exactly that when we eventually had a family. I thought about this conversation during my … Continue reading When Thanksgiving became Independence Day
Thankful
I started writing a post the other day about all the gifts with which I have been blessed. I ran out of time and inspiration and figured it was just going to end up an incompleted draft. I was fine with that - it certainly wouldn't be alone in the "Notes" folder on my iPad. … Continue reading Thankful
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