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Finn, Forest and Foul Weather

,12:40 pm306 Views

One thing about owning a dog: you find yourself outdoors a lot, no matter what the weather. This morning it is dumping down rain, a steady, ice-cold drizzle just this side of sleet. In the normal course, you would not catch me dead outside (or live, for that matter). Slight of frame and prone to goosebumps […]

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Warrior Girl and the New Dog

,9:34 pm307 Views

It was all very funny when the dog scooted around the carpet on his butt, his hind legs straddled astride in the air like a gymnast flying over a vault. “Hey Mom, check this out,” Sarah says. “Look at Finn! It’s hilarious.” It was hilarious, for the split second before reality hit. “Why is he […]

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Hibernating

,10:15 pm297 Views

I did it again. I dropped off the training radar. I attended a single karate class, and knowing what it takes to perform kata at a high level, decided no, not for me, not now. Besides, there is an unmistakeable tension in the dojo air, a competitiveness that is the opposite of where I am […]

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The Yoga Gods Strike Warrior Pose: Ouch!

,8:24 am291 Views

The yoga gods were not pleased with my last post, my playful poking fun at various yoga poses. Today, I woke with a jabbing pain in my left shoulder blade. After a soothing hour long class last evening, you`d think that I would have awoken relaxed, refreshed, supple. But no, it felt as though someone was […]

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The Root of the Problem

,10:32 pm289 Views

Lyric of the Day: “You were my lesson, I had to learn…”, Madonna, The Power of Goodbye Today my body told me to stop running. Stop. Stop? Seriously? But this will be my first training post in two weeks! My mind squawked and kicked its toe in the dirt before remembering the point of this […]

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