November 16th

Yesterday I accomplished something I never thought I'd get to. As a kid and teenager I was active, but never really athletic. I would bike and hike and climb trees and play soccer and catch snakes and get into all sorts of shenanigans. But I wasn't athletic in terms of having good stamina or energy…

What I’ve Learned from a Month at the Gym

It's hard to believe 1: that I've been going to the gym almost-daily for a month, and 2: that it's only been a month! It feels much longer, but it also has gone from being so difficult to so easy, that the month has flown by. But what have I gained and what have I…

Wine, wine, wine: take three

It seems to me that too long goes between the days that I drink wine. I should drink wine every day. Alas, I'll be going the other direction, as I'm giving up wine and all things mega-sweet starting in the morning. It's part of my new change-my-life initiative. What else is on that list, you…

Pastimes

What are second-grade-appropriate pastimes? I ask myself this after school every day, and especially on weekends. I sometimes feel like there is absolutely no overlap between typical 23-year-old pastimes, and those pastimes which are deemed appropriate for those to teach small children on a daily basis. It took me a while to find a couple…