You ever get in the mood for a really good sports movie? I do, and this weekend I satisfied my craving with A League of Their Own.   Summertime often puts me in the mood for sports films, but another driver this time was my constant need for pep talks as I work through my […]

I did it, friends. I completed my first official 5K this weekend—and in record time. I guess it being my first would make whatever I did a record, but this is big.   I normally run 3.33 miles in 40 minutes. Saturday, I ran (given, without hills and without 90 pounds of stroller, car seat, […]

I’m in the midst of a home renovation, and the most recent stage has involved a good deal of interior painting. Painting a room is like writing, in the sense that painting itself is only a small percentage of the whole process. There’s choosing the colors, cleaning the walls, spackling, washing or sanding post-spackle, taping, […]