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…

que sera, sera

What will be, will be. Truer words were never spoken, I think. And then there's the other old adage - the best laid plans of mice and men, often go awry. Perhaps those words are even truer than the first. Or at least equally true. Due to my all too well-cataloged failures to take a hop,…