(put that title in your pipe and smoke it!;) Y’all. I’m putting up a good front, but it’s a struggle not running these days. The actual exercise is one part of it, but I realized today that there’s another big, soul-nourishing thing that comes from running that I’m sorely missing: …
This, ladies and gentlemen, is an osprey: (picture from Wikipedia) They hang out and breed in Portland during the spring and summer, then head south come fall like I want to do sometimes. They’re pretty amazing birds with my favorite fish-grabbing dive ever, and as winter turns spring-like I make …
In a bit of bummer news today, I was told by my doctor to stop running for at least the next 4-6 weeks to let a foot injury heal. I know, 4-6 runningless weeks probably doesn’t sound like that much, but as I have been running 4 times a week …
There are a lot of really sad bicycles in New York. Bikes chained up (and, in fact, most of them are chained, not U-locked) and seemingly forgotten about litter the sidewalks. Many are missing integral pieces — say, a wheel, or two, or a seat, or the handlebars. Many have …
