S. and I have started walking every day as of late. It coincides with the New Year’s resolution variety of new routines, but in fairness to this nascent habit, we started talking about it earlier than the turn of the new year. (so there!) Here’s the scoop– Dr. Oz (whose 7 minute workout routine I very [...]
There are a lot ways you can exit a vehicle, but few as charmed as the way I saw a young boy launch himself from a just-parked car, his brother already waiting outside and his mom waving him along. Arms and legs outstretched, long jump style with a big grin on his face, just ready [...]
Fall (the favorite of seasons) is particularly good when you get to make the most and you bust your way out of the city and happily head north (or west) for some hiking. What is it about the feeling of packing the polypropylene shirts and thermals, readying a pile of jackets and velcro-ing the hiking [...]
A couple of ellipse finishing sentences for a good early fall weekend: Slow weekends are good when.. .. you make it out on a bike ride in good company of new friend Q. and you come across an unexpected traveling Vietnam Memorial exhibit with fluttering flags at your ride-end destination. And you end with a [...]
Well, it goes to show you how communication of what something should be depends so much on the medium that’s used to the convey the idea, and the way ideas translate through them. (Or, of course, through the stubbornness of the interpreter). I’ve been happily giving the Dr. Oz 7 minute workout a try most [...]
It’s worth describing how satisfying it feels to go into a spring Friday afternoon, hopping on the bike [yeah, okay, so I failed on my commitment to do the bike commuting to Brighton and then on to Dorchester... so this makes up for it!?] and taking an easy ride out the VFW parkway out to [...]
Man, how did I miss THIS one until now? Miss those days of consistent biking from Jamaica Plain to Brighton– though admittedly, that petered out during the second year. Have to get back into that… having the bike behind the desk at school, windows cracked open to let out some of that computer-heat from the [...]
How nice was that, to break out of the pull of the overcast sky nap-inducing Sunday afternoon, and head out for a good brisk bike ride with A. and a few of her friends? Some misdirection through Dedham, and ended up somewhere among the huge homes and country club areas of Dover, but that’s always [...]
XC Ski Trip to Bretton Woods, NH
Headed up north to New Hampshire this weekend for a XC skiing / yoga retreat with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC). Enticing mix, no? Bretton Woods skiing and staying at the impressive Highland Center Lodge. Early morning yoga sessions. The loveliness of meeting, eating and sleeping with strangers (wait, that sounded a little odd…heh). Especially [...]