Adventures

Things That Sit Creepily in the Night

January 24, 2012

I am a person who is eminently capable of scaring myself nearly out of my wits when it gets dark. Recently, among other books, I began to read The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian. All the book reviewers were all “it’s horror, with a twist” so, because I liked Midwives and The Double Bind I [...]

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The Disturber

January 17, 2012

Sometimes you accompany your mom to presentations that she is giving around the state of Michigan. This usually involves a trip via minivan ranging from 30 minutes to five hours, carrying various tubs and yoga mats, and working from a laptop computer in the 6:00 darkness of a hotel room. You like riding in the [...]

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My Sister, the Catalyst

January 6, 2012

This morning, I’ll admit, was a little bit rough. I tried to go back to bed after my early-morning work and was foiled by the person next door vacuuming and also the bright sunlight streaming in. Weather.com called for a beautiful day with a high near 48, and indeed, it was beautiful. So beautiful that [...]

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Timing

January 5, 2012

The awesome thing about getting sick is that it usually happens with really great timing. Last year I got sick the week before the marathon (that was fun) and currently I’m kicking off 2012 with a cold, seemingly just because I have a lot of work to do. Everything was fine when we left my [...]

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How to Exercise When There’s Nowhere to Exercise

August 1, 2011

Last week I ran 40 miles from Sunday to Saturday. You might think that would require running every day, but no! Actually I only ran four days out of seven. On Monday I ran 10 miles. On Tuesday I ran 8 miles. On Wednesday I ran 6 miles. Thursday and Friday I did not run [...]

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On the First Day of Summer…

June 21, 2011

So far, it’s been almost uniformly cloudy with a few thunderstorms intermixed. But the storms haven’t been the most exciting events so far. Today I’m in Traverse City, staying in a hotel right on the lake. It’s pretty nice and has free wifi. Sadly, even free wifi won’t help you when your service provider is [...]

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