Category: Fitness

  • Ten Miles in the California Sun

    Despite the fact I’m East Coast bred, I was born on the West Coast. The six months that I spent there as a baby have somehow seeped into my soul, and perhaps this is why I love hot summer days and the sunshine on my face. I’ve always credited my blonde hair and blue eyes…

  • Cairns, Snakes, and Lighthouses of Maine

    I have exactly one specialty in the kitchen, and it’s homemade lemonade. My son had put in a request, so I spent part of the week making a couple different varieties. It was also strawberry and rhubarb season, and both showed up in my produce box, so I made some treats, a fresh salad, and…

  • 10,000 Steps

    I go to the gym almost every morning. It’s a habit I got into during the pandemic. I was going before that, but not every day. When the world shut down, though, my gym immediately started offering classes on Zoom at 7:00 every morning. Every day, I would get up, go downstairs to my basement,…

  • Working through the Hard

    Last week, I traveled to my daughter’s college to watch her dance, which is always amazing. While I was in town, I met up with my high school choir director and a friend to practice a song we’ll be singing in an upcoming alumni pops concert. While I was visiting with my former teacher, she…

  • 15,000 Steps of Volunteering

    I was moving Christmas trees to be loaded onto a delivery truck when my phone rang. “We decided to head to my parents,” my husband said. My heart did a little flip-flop because I knew that I would not be able to say a proper goodbye to my son, who was heading back to college…