Am I a wimp or is it just too cold to run outside today? Hate the idea of the treadmill but I swear, just walked the dog (she’s well enough to take short walks–yay!) and man, that wind. It’s -3 right now at my house. Here’s the forecast: Sunny. Highs zero to 10 below except […]

We have had sun for almost two weeks straight, which must be a record for anywhere in Alaska. I am totally loving it. From inside the house, it feels as if I’m back in Arizona. Until I step outside and it’s 4 degrees, as it was this morning. But one can always dream. And the […]

Oh, yes I did. The whole damned thing.

The girl is seriously grooving. Wish the vet would have given me a shot in the butt, too. I could use a little medicated high right now. Guess what I had to do? As the editor of town’s only newspaper, I write up the police report each week. Usually I enjoy doing this, because some of […]

Prays and good energy to this girl: I’m almost sick with worry over The Beebs tonight. Four chow dogs attacked her while we ran trails Tuesday afternoon. It happened so fast, so unexpectedly. One minute we ran through the Mt. Marathon Bowl, the next two dogs charged my dog. Beebs tried to run and slipped in a hole. […]

Yesteray was my running rest day so I took the dog for a walk on the trail that winds through the Mount Marathon Bowl. I had never taken it before, since I’m usually too busy climbing up the mountain to think about going around it. The footing was icy but not too bad, and as we walked […]

Years ago, I ran track and cross country. When I hurt my knee my second year of college competition, I decided to become a writer. I wore long flowing skirts, stopped brushing my hair and wrote embarrassingly bad poems. I hitchhiked out West. I said things like, “The epiphany equals the mass.” I lived in really bad apartments, […]

And so the sunshine continues. I swear, the difference between looking out the window and seeing sunshine and seeing rain/clouds is enormous in terms of mood, outlook and even energy levels. I have been disgustingly perky lately. Yesterday, after a morning and early afternoon of work (and things are heating up in our Anchorage office–ouch!, glad I’m safely […]

Sunshine over Mt. Marathon. Need I say more?

The clouds lifted and it finally, finally, finally stopped raining today–hooray! But it’s still grayish outside, and misty. Kind of have the blahs today. It’s that time of year. The holidays are over and the light is coming back, but it’s creeping so slowly! (Come back, light, please???) By mid-February the light will be back to […]