Today is a Rest Day Eve, and it feels glorious. Tomorrow is a day (1 of 2 per week) when my marathon training plan does NOT call for running, and this evening of anticipation of doing nothing feels so freeing. I love being a runner (not always or necessarily running) and am so thankful that…

I didn’t get it. It pains me a little to say that, as the “it” in question is the Beatles “Yellow Submarine” movie, which I saw for the first time yesterday. For while there are many things in life that I don’t get, (including everything from instagram to instant pots), I’ve been a diehard Beatles…

I like to think that as I’m growing older, I’m become a nicer person. Not nice, exactly, but nicER. A little more compassionate and empathetic, and less judgemental. I’m even more open to feeling some feels (and not just when I’ve been drinking). I feel a little like Mr. Grinch. My heart hasn’t grown three…

According to the theory of the multiverse, there is a reality somewhere in which my mother is alive and well and on Facebook. Sadly, this is not that reality. My mom died in 2000, before the interwebs were widely adopted by middle-aged (okay, almost elderly) elementary school teachers from rural Wisconsin. In this version of…

Our dog Olive doesn’t know that she looks pretty rough. At least, I don’t think she does. I’m no expert on the inner life of dogs, but I’m pretty sure that she doesn’t know that her multiple skin cancer-caused bald spots (and the scabby scars that come with them) look pretty freaky. I also think…

It’s been 4 weeks since I ran Grandma’s Marathon. According to popular running wisdom, it takes a day for each mile you run in a race to recover from a race, so I should now be officially recovered from Grandma’s. Turns out, there isn’t much science behind this claim or research into marathon recovery. “Recovery”…

Collaborating in the process of bringing a play to life on the stage always involves a journey of self-discovery. During my involvement in Applause Community Theater’s recent production, “4 One-Act Plays by 3 Local Playwrights + One Guy From Montana,” I made this surprising, in fact I’ll go far as to say shocking, discovery: our…

….but it was mine! Yes mine, and the 6097 other people who ran Grandma’s Marathon from Two Harbors to Duluth on June 16. This was my first ever Grandma’s Marathon and my second marathon (my first was the Twin Cities Marathon in October of last year). This morning I realized that one of those 6097…

When I first saw the phrase “Nevertheless, she persisted” floating around Facebook last year, I assumed it was a Jane Austen quote that I didn’t know. I’m sure there are many Jane Austen quotes I don’t know, as I don’t know any, but as a librarian, I have many literate Facebook friends who love Jane…

It’s Global Running Day, and I’m not running today. This feels a little wrong, but it’s my regularly scheduled rest and recovery day. I definitely need this respite between a half marathon and a an upcoming full marathon and after a night of a vertigo attack (yes, dramatic but I like it). Plus, not running…