The Reluctant Grownup – Page 159 – Growing old gracelessly.

Summer Sundays

It has rained here more or less constantly the last few weeks. We have some hours of clear skies, but not many. And since rain = flooded streets, the result…

July 28, 2019

Categorizing Things is Overrated

My Boys

The oldest boy in my life is six months old today. As a birthday present, he got a trip to the vet to have his baby-making abilities cut off before we…

December 18, 2007

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Weighty Matters

This is all about weight, nutrition, dieting, and other matters. So, you know, not exactly scintillating. Read if you like! When I left the hospital with this kid, I had…

February 14, 2014

Peeping

RG / November 9, 2010

I am a peeping Thomasina. I look in people’s windows. Do you do this? I’m not interested in the people – I’d rather they not be there, so I can look more openly.…

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Red Rubber Ball Addendum – Breakup Songs

RG / November 8, 2010

The past post got me thinking about breakup songs. The song I listened to during the breakup memorialized by that post was awesome. It powered me through some workouts. It was not the…

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To Quote Paul Simon – The Morning Sun is Shining Like a Red Rubber Ball

RG / November 3, 2010

In the middle of the night on a day in late June, 2003 – the very same day my now-sister-in-law got married – a relationship ended that I desperately did not want to…

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THREE

RG / November 1, 2010

ONE In the pre-dawn hours of a glorious October day, I got in my car and drove five minutes to the start of my first organized race. And then drove forty minutes looking…

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Listless

RG / October 26, 2010

It’s just one of those days, those days where I have a million things to do but can’t settle on which so I wander around the house wondering if I should train for…

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