for one second.

On this GORGEOUS day here in Wyoming, I participated in the Run and Ride [both the running AND the riding, thanks to my new, sexy road bike] in the morning time.  The race is a 5K run followed by a 15K bike followed by some amazingly adorable kids doing the Kids Race followed by a…

i was from portland.

I ran a half marathon yesterday. It went much better than the half marathon I ran two weeks ago... But don't worry... they took care of me oh so well... Anywho, yesterday's was harder than the one before.  Don't know why.  But later in the day, driving back from a pot luck in Wilson, I…

too dirty to clean my act up.

I may never come back.

the true fun class.

First off: The rain will not stop. - You should totally do the Run and Ride for the Cure with me.  Please. - Allison, I don't bike. - You can do it in teams! - ......Alright, we'll do it.  Evan doesn't know it yet, but I'm sure he's in. Look up on the website, the…

a place for you.

I was craving Australia the other day. Weird, I know. How do you crave such a dark time? But, no... I craved the isolation, the invisibility, the unidentified wandering, the loneliness, the strangers. So, I drove to Salt Lake City.  By myself.  To go see a concert: Sleigh Bells and Yeasayer. Leaving Jackson with such…

nothing under my skin but light.

Too much love.  Too much excitement. Don't know why. So here I go. Sitting in the library, next to the poetry section, which holds like [i don't know] a hundred Billy Collins books, makes me feel close to you.  All of you. I love libraries.  Duh, who doesn't? I wish I could run around one…

i am done.

It was a hard year.  The hardest yet. Last fall.  Leaving Yosemite in a blur to try and soften the blows of a family emergency and my sister's divorce.  The darkness of that. Fresno.  The tears of family, the delicacy of a two year old in question in your arms.  Hard. The frustration of uncertainty.…

oh, i don’t know…

This morning I ran a 20k trail race [which, by the way, is significantly harder than a 20k road run] in Driggs, Idaho. I spent the night before at my friends' [Anna and Dan's] house.  Woke up in the morning; it was cold.  Anna [one of my last-minute coaches] and I decided that I should…

this isn’t that hard.

Today was a fabulous day.  Fabulous and action packed... so much going to do!*  Dabz and I did Old Bill's Fun Run here in Jackson and then quickly went to work as Dan Long's support crew, as he was Anna Davis' support crew.  Anna rode in LOTOJA today.  [that's a 206 mile bike race.]  Yeah,…

i got nothin’ to worry about.

There are some random things in life that I love more than I can explain... but I'll try to convey this one... Scratchy radio. I love it.  Listening to good songs on a station that sounds like you're just barely getting it... like you're lucky to have this listen... like it's telling you, "Remember the…

my twenties.

Well, my birthday's coming up.  It's tomorrow... in Australia.  And then I will celebrate it until it's over in America.  You can't stop me.  I've been thinking a lot about past birthdays lately.  How they are very definitive days to remember a year by... I guess that's what they're for... Where I was on May…