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One Must Be Prepared for Long Runs

Posted on November 6, 2020

My running plan this year included running my first 20-miler. Tomorrow I am going to run my third so far 🙂 I wrote about my first 20-miler back in June. That run…

Your Inner World, Made Visible to Others

Posted on November 5, 2020

Tonight I wanted to share some personal thoughts on what it means to me to write a blog. I haven’t exactly taken this tact on this topic before. I’m sort of going…

Becoming Creatively Unstoppable

Posted on November 4, 2020

I remember when I was a kid, it seems from an early age I would write down stories in a journal. I did this at school, but I also did it at…

Reaching for Satisfaction: Rock-Throwing Edition

Posted on November 3, 2020

I’m always reaching for satisfaction. If you check your own thoughts for how they feel, you can really start to tell when they are on point … or not. I am much…

The Post-Bear Market Bounce Back

Posted on November 2, 2020

Since the stock market bottomed out back in March, it has been on a (mostly) steady climb back up, notwithstanding last week‘s declines. How quickly the crash (ie bear) became a boom…

Look at Us Now!

Posted on November 1, 2020

Today is the first day of November. It’s a new month and I have decided (haven’t I?) that I shall blog this month. Of course, I have learned that being flexible with…

New-and-Improved, Pandemic-Era Running Regime (October Update)

Posted on October 31, 2020

Earlier this month I wrote about how I was running more often these days. That trend has continued. In fact, this month I ran 23 out of 31 days, something I have…

My 2020 “Slow” and “Quick” Reads

Posted on October 30, 2020

So I have kept up my reading this year (obviously). In fact, I have so far completed 24 books, or roughly 9500 pages. I gobbled up some of these books very quickly;…

Keep It In Perspective!

Posted on October 29, 2020

Yesterday, the stock market took a plunge, with the S&P dropping 3.53%. My friend Greg, who started the investing discussion group I am a part of (you can visit our website here…

The Blog Where I Throw Rocks At Myself

Posted on October 28, 2020

A couple of days ago, my mom, a writer herself, made a nice comment on one of my early posts (You can look at it here , yes the post, and my…

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