Honoring Memorial Day

Today at 3 p.m. (your local time), please observe one minute of silence for National Moment of Remembrance. At that time we honor those who have served and sacrificed for the United States of America. It’s an opportunity to be reminded of why we observe this holiday and give thanks to those who make our…

Life, Lists & Other Things That Scare Us

Last Monday, we hinted at our bucket list being one item shorter. We were so cool and casual about it you may not have even noticed. We are only calm on the outside though, be assured. Lowi and I need to come clean about something we’ve been keeping to ourselves for more than a year….

From Bucket List to Reality

Bucket lists, vision boards, mission statements, 5-year plans; there are countless ways that we humans choose to categorize our hopes and dreams. And those amalgamations of what we want to accomplish and experience are recorded in all sorts of ways. I have seen people who carry tattered pieces of paper with them everywhere just in…

You Are Not From Around Here

John and I spent the weekend in Tennessee. We arrived in the community of Wartrace on Friday evening in preparation for John to run the Strolling Jim the next morning. We’ve done races and spent time in Tennessee before but this time was different. We were in what I would describe as a rural community….

Who’s the Control Freak Now?

A few weeks ago I may have shared that I was getting the privilege of being the creative director on our first running race movie of the year. We’ll glide over the fact that I was getting this kind of control because I was injured and not running. The important thing is that Swaggy J…

Moving the Bedroom Furniture … Nowhere

It’s been unseasonably warm here lately and the windows have been open most evenings. This got me thinking that maybe my bedroom is not set up in the best format possible. The headboard is partially blocking the windows and it seems for a cross breeze having the bed away from the windows would be a…