(G): The heat is on! Not only is the temperature up and showing signs of staying there until about September, the fire is at my feet as well. Swaggy J has talked me into a 50K in less than two weeks. Yep, that’s right, 31 miles, in the heat, with a lot of elevation gain…
Author: G (of Lowi & G)
Life Lesson: Be In the Present
Two-thousand sixteen is going to be the teacher I never asked for and, possibly, I never wanted. An old saying suggests when the student is ready the teacher will appear. I am not sure I am ready but the damn teacher has arrived and she’s got an arsenal full of lessons. I’ve learned some lessons, I’ve…
Thankful Thursday: Happiness Is More Than You Think
We stumbled into this exercise of 100 Days of Happiness a couple of years ago and each time, each week, each day we learn. We learn happiness isn’t frivolous. We learn happiness is often simple. We learn happiness is rarely, if ever, about stuff. But we also learn that we need to be reminded regularly…
Happiness is Well-Being!
Sunshine & Sarcasm, Lowi & G
Torture Report: It’s Summer, Deal With It
(G): It’s officially summer, it’s officially hot and it’s time for me to stop taking it easy. I gave myself last week to walk when I was hot and not push it too much. But all that kindness has ended. At some point you just gotta rip off the Band-Aid and accept that it’s hot…
How Our Garden Grows
The last few years we’ve dabbled in gardening. My husband likes to refer to himself as the urban gardener. He has a penchant for giving himself nicknames so we just go with it. We’ve had mixed results and near all-out failure last summer. After a false start in March, we seem to be on a…
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