I love shoveling snow. When I mentioned this to friends lately she furrowed her brow and looked doubtful for a moment. “You’re serious, aren’t you?” she asked. It wasn’t really a question, and yes, I am absolutely serious. I will go out of my way to find extra snow to shovel just so that I can […]
“You’re only given a little spark of madness,” a wise soul once said. “You mustn’t lose it”. That wise soul may have been Robin Williams, though I can’t be sure. My guess is Robin Williams knows how to canter. What’s cantering, you ask? It’s like skipping, but with more forward momentum and less emphasis on […]
Ginger, the four-footed guru I wrote about last fall is still teaching me lessons. I don’t mean how-to-ride-a-horse lessons, I mean how to live my life lessons. Riding lessons may, at first glance, seem like any other hobby: I get on a horse, do as my instructor tells me, get corrections when I’m off-balance and […]
This has happened twice lately: I’ve bustled out of the house hot with anger, driven to the gym, busted my butt, and emerged cool, wise and free. Okay, that’s an exaggeration. I emerge less angry, no doubt, but definitely not wise, nor free, at least not for any longer than the endorphin rush lasts. Within […]