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Snapshots: “Worn” Summer Dress
This piece was created as an example for my Contemporary Memoir class. The assignment, to create a “Worn” story based on the book and Netflix series, created by Emily Spivak. I found the picture in a folder of snapshots tucked away in the closet at my parent’s house. My mom was organizing mementos as she…
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Road to the TCS NYC Marathon: Post Injury Blues
This feels like it is my most vulnerable post yet. I am not sure exactly why, but be gentle. I am currently recovering from an overuse injury, or maybe a series of overuse injuries which have forced me to back off my training. All summer I sat with the pain before finally succumbing after the…
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Enough?
Road to the 2026 TCS NYC Marathon Training for the 2026 TCS NYC Marathon has officially begun. This is a yearly happening for me, and has been since I first gained an entry via the lottery (an 11% chance!) in 2017. After that first experience running the five boroughs from Staten Island to Central Park,…
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My First Pride March
NYC June 30, 2025 I spent this past weekend in Manhattan. I was there to run a few races to earn credit for my entry into the 2026 TCS NYC Marathon and visit a good friend. This weekend also happened to coincide with the NYC Pride Parade, an annual demonstration (celebration) honoring the Stonewall Riots…
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Snapshots: Moments in Time
One of the greatest gifts my self-taught naturalist father ever bestowed upon me was the gift of curiosity. With that curiosity came a deep abiding love of the natural world, which grew and blossomed throughout the decades. I returned from Cape Cod yesterday evening, my husband, three cats, and husky mix, Luna, in tow. We…
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Resistance
Listening to the silent resistance – the heartbeat of ourforgotten ancestors.I am wrapped in pink silk,my bare feet in lush grass,toes gripping – holdingme to the earth, roots sink as my spine -rigid – connects to the voices of the past.My anger is metallic – Sharp and cold – with razor sharp edgesI leak, my…
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United Half Marathon Recap
#NYRR #UnitedHalf #NYRRvols This past weekend I made the trek to NYC from our quiet little home in the Berkshires, to run the NYRR United Half Marathon. It has be a bit of time since I have run a longer distance, with the marathon in early November and months of ice and cold between, I…
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Breathe
It has been a very long few months and I have learned much about myself since the election results came back here in the US. First, it is possible to survive without Amazon. In fact, this has been one of the positives that have come from the election of a felon to the highest office…