Quality versus convenience. It is a question we ask ourselves every day. Some will argue: Status matters most to me. Others will parry: My time is what I value most.
An Open Letter of Thanks to Road Race Supporters
There’s something about the crowd. It’s powerful, like a current that carries you along even when you think you can’t possibly find the strength to take another step. I’ve run three marathons and dozens of road races of varying lengths and if there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s that the crowd matters.
The Greatest Literary Quotes on Love, Curated by Me
I’m a hopeless romantic. I can’t help it. I always have been, and it’s too late to try to find a cure for this mind-altering condition. Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, and Elizabeth Gaskell are to blame for setting my standards so high when it comes to love and courtship. The men I dreamed of were never pro athletes or reality show break-outs. They were men who, sadly, never lived at all outside of the pages that they have called home for centuries. Like so many fans of classic literature, for me, it’s always been Mr. Darcy, Mr. Thornton, and Mr. Rochester (above all, Mr. Rochester).
What it Means to Be a Writer
What does it mean to be a writer? Let’s go to the official source of all words defined:
Why I Have the Travel Bug
I couldn’t tell you the exact moment when I caught the travel bug. It could have happened while observing ancient temples in Mexico. Or while watching the sun set over the horizon of the Pacific Ocean from a sailboat off the coast of Hawaii. Or while snapping photos of grizzly bears in Alaska. All I know now, is that the travel bug is as rooted deeply inside of me as my own identify and I don’t intend to find a cure.
The Songs that Define Our Adolescence
I have a theory that the songs that we fall in love with during our formative, adolescent years help to define the people we grow-up to become. Everyone has bands or songs that they listened to over and over again during their early teen years. If you hear one of those songs on the radio today, mid-thirties or forties, and you’ll likely be just as thrilled as you were back before the advent of on-demand music and customized Pandora channels.
Asthma, The Marathon, and Me, and The Three Lessons We Learned Together
Having an asthma attack feels like there’s an elephant sitting on your chest. Like your lungs are being squeezed by a hot metal vice. Like no matter how deeply you inhale, you can never get enough air into your lungs. At least, that’s how I think it feels. Population one. Sample size: me.