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On losing our dogs
I got my dogs by accident, really. Mina, then named Brandy, was a one-year-old mini-tyrant who been dropped off at the animal shelter in Chapel Hill, North Carolina by a homeless family who was unable...
View ArticleEavesdropping on my children as they discuss names for the imaginary friend...
"How about Lily?""No, how about Lowly?""That's not a real name.""How about Loma?""Well. How about Louie?""HOW ABOUT LUA?""Ok! Lua. Let's go to Lua's house!""I don't want to play this anymore."
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The owl
By Nora McDonough The owl the owlWith glasses as wellSits on a tree and rings his bell The owl the owlAs smart as can bePuts down his bell falls asleep on his tree
View Articlethoughts that occured before 7:30 a.m this morning
I feel stupid in this shirt but sometimes you have to forgo your constitutional rights for like just a few seconds in the name of protecting our country you bastards "smoothie in the diaper!" = that...
View ArticleMarathon update part one (looking back...)
A few months ago I began updating friends and family about my marathon training and fundraising via email, and it has occurred to me that collecting those emails here on my blog would be a fun way to...
View ArticleMarathon update part two
And here's what I wrote in June when I was beginning to understand. June 29, 2016Last time I wrote, running a marathon was kind of an abstract idea. Like, "Ok, you're gonna run 26 miles several months...
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Marathon update part three
I promised monthly updates on my training, I know, and then I skipped over July and August. The real reason is more along the lines of: I forgot to do it. But I think at this point I can also say that...
View ArticleParenting win, almost
I was telling friends the other day that these recent months - training for the marathon, working, life in general with three kids - have comprised an exhausting "but in a good way" period of my life....
View ArticleMy post everything carbohydrate blitz
Let me state first, that I know the importance of perspective during my "tough times." With that in mind, I worried, somewhat jokingly, but for real also, about how I'd feel emotionally after running...
View ArticleA poem by a non-poet
In an effort to revive my writing and this blog, I thought Lent (YOU GUYS KNOW HOW I LOVE LENT) would be a good time to try and commit to one post per weekday, hopefully developing a habit and...
View ArticleFrom palm trees to pine trees: a mini report on our road trip
This year for our annual President's Day get together with friends, we decided to go way, way off the deep end, taking our tradition to "do something presidential" to new heights by traveling to Little...
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Things that immediately signify vacation
1. Reggae pumped through the speakers at a swimming pool2. No children taking baths ever, instead just regularly getting in previously mentioned pool4. Midday drinks with zero guilt5. Rum6. Conch...
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Wine review with my kids: Francis Ford Coppola Director's Cut Cabernet
Tonight I decided to open some wine and see if my children might like to help me write a review of it for today's post. Wait, before you call the authorities, I did not let them drink it.We checked out...
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Remember that? When I used to run all the time?
When I set out to complete a list of 10 goals last year, one thing became immediately obvious: the more defined the goal, the more likely I was to accomplish it. Not the easier it was to accomplish....
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Date with IKEA
Yesterday afternoon, having about an hour to fill with my two youngest children and deciding that to bring them home, remove them from the car and then put them back in again would potentially ruin the...
View ArticleHousekeeping
The other day, feeling slightly overwhelmed by my schedule and all the things I'd like to be doing (difficult to acheive in the face of catching up on "This is Us" and/or falling asleep at 8:30 p.m....
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Over here at our house
When this all began, what seems like a legitimate lifetime ago, I wrote a post that included a list of ways to possibly utilize this sudden free time. So many of us wrote lists like this! We were more...
View ArticleMarching on with moderate expectations
April 3#1 goal: write in the attic officegrateful for: second cup of coffee, current feeling of calm, house projects April 6grateful for: the Nespresso machine, “Homeland,” our health, nail polish,...
View ArticleWhy writing is difficult right now. Why it is difficult always.
Up in the finished part of our attic in a little wooden bookshelf against the wall, there are a whole bunch of books about writing. Books about journalism and essay writing; books about famous writers...
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running mix May, 2020
I was talking to a friend recently who made an excellent suggestion for this…I refuse to say “uncertain time” anymore, I can’t do it. For this time. Her suggestion was that I listen to some 90s music,...
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