First run of 2014: Late afternoon, 15 degrees, snowing, and four inches already on the ground. But my training goes year-round, and running on New Year's Day is one of my personal traditions, so I layered up, strapped on my new headlamp, and went out for 4 miles and change. Most non-runners I know are …
Coffee Thoughts: Sharing, Preparing, and Size Matters
Coffee-related conversation overheard during the holidays: "First I lose my sushi - now I have to share my coffee? This is Christmas? What the hell!" DD #1 was lamenting the results of the Christmas Eve gift exchange, where she'd opened a do-it-yourself sushi kit, only to have it "stolen" by her equally sushi-minded cousin in …
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Fun in the Snow, and Respecting One’s Elders
Southeastern Michigan got royally dumped on last weekend, which actually led to more outdoor exercise for me, in the form of shoveling our long driveway. Three times. It's good upper body work. If this keeps up, I'll look like Charles Atlas in the spring. (When he was alive, I mean, not right now.) The PR …
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