There is a poignant scene in the movie The River Runs Through It when ‘ is home schooling him. He turns in an essay and his father frowns a bit and tells him to cut it in half. The boy returns with the assignment and the father tells him to again cut it in half. He does so again and is finally released to go fishing. It may seem torturous and unnecessary,...
Read MoreI did something I thought I’d never do this morning: I ran a 5K race in the rain. Pouring rain. Buckets of heavy rain. I wasn’t the only one, but there weren’t a lot of us. Here’s the thing – I thought it would be awful. I thought I would hate it. I thought I’d have my worse time ever. So why did I do it? Well, when I woke up and...
Read MoreAbout the closest I get to biking these days is walking my bike along side my 4 year old who is still on training wheels, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when DH suggested mountain biking through the woods. We decided having not done this for years that we would stick to what looked on the map to be the main trail. If that was the main trail, I shudder...
Read MoreI finally signed up for Twitter. I avoided it until now since I already have so many things demanding my attention. But, I needed something to write about for my column and I’d been hearing how great it is for small businesses. I decided to find out for myself. Signing up wasn’t too difficult, although all the names I wanted were already taken. The...
Read MoreOn a recent morning, I was so stressed out that I found myself lost in the cleaning aisle of Target. Overwhelmed by the options of disposable dusting cloths, I called my husband. His advice? Go running. Forget cleaning, get some exercise. Good idea. I headed home, eager to get into my running togs and take off. Then it occured to me, I don’t really have any...
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