My January gym waits quietly, both patient and stern. I walk past it multiple times in the course of my day and it is always open, a no-excuses oasis of possibility, a siren of sweat. Most days, I can think of 100 reasons I don’t have time to work out. My January gym responds with [...]
I have a secret workout weapon and I bet you do too. Mine allows me to surround myself with cool memories while I work up a great, shaky-muscle kind of sweat. It's just an old stairwell, but, since we bought the house I grew up in, it's been mine for nearly 50 years. At least [...]
I raced with destiny yesterday morning, and by that I mean I enjoyed a pleasant jog and the familiar humiliation of a face plant on a busy street. I am destined to sport the skinned knees and elbows of a kindergartner well into my old age. Following this particularly glorious fall, as I leapt back [...]
If the darkest hour is just before dawn, it's also the sweetest. Most days I unwrap it with great anticipation, like a piece of fine chocolate. Generally, I have the place to myself when I rise before dawn; I get to sip a little tea and watch the sun stretch its golden streaks of optimism [...]
I accidentally kicked a squirrel last week. It happened on my morning jog. I thought I had cleared the little guy as he and his friends sprinted out from the bottom of a birch tree. But my big old foot made contact with his chubby body and I think he flew a bit. I looked [...]