Children run for the delight of it. It is freedom articulated, an exuberant, seemingly infinite expression of possibility.

All these people...and now...us.

Yes, I used a 'meta' metaphor.

I have never looked at a two-lane road again without wanting to know where it went.

He loves to invent words, including my recent favorite, 'Chickington'...

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."

The Marathon Blues is not a song.

"Nothing shapes our journey through life as much as the questions we ask." Greg Levoy

June 9, 2025   Greetings from the hopeful,   A few months ago I noticed a connection that startled me.  I wrote myself a note so I could...

In some ways, the long run is a kind of exfoliation.

Dorothy's legacy is far reaching and complex, but it's simplest for me to see it in the lives of those nearest me.

Then, in one day, I heard more about curling than I had in all my days before.

"The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is today."

They call it the Boston Marathon, because to name it what it really is would be impossible to put on a t-shirt.

...we are the fire marks.

For a moment I felt like I’d stumbled into a Monty Python movie.

March 24, 2025   Greetings from the seelie,   I think most of my life I have taken a somewhat skeptical stance on the mystical and...

Sometimes it felt like I was just following my sons on their outing, just happy to have been invited.

This rule was: you don’t get down from the table until you finish your meal.

For me, running is not an event or a medal or a time, it is a way of living.