runningforthemiddle.blogspot.com
Running for the Middle: Back on (the) Track
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Running for the Middle. I'm not running to compete with anybody. At the same time, I do run quite a bit. I'm a middle-the-pack runner, though, running for the middle means several other things here, too. This is not a blog to help others train. It's just a place I hope to encourage a sustained, consistent, contemplative effort in my running and writing. Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Back on (the) Track. I ran my Cable Lane 7.75 (1:00.45) - something about me said I should try to get in under an hour, ...Ran a...
otherpeoplespromises.blogspot.com
Other People's Promises: January 2012
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Sometimes a resolution is too much for one person to handle. What follows is an observer (me) following the resolution of an anonymous friend (Dort Munder) as he resolves to run a 5K (3.1 mile) race. After three decades of not running. Join us in cheering him to success. Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Running Advice from Stephen King . . . Stephen King's above quote doesn't come right out and say it, but we all know it, right? Maybe this fall Dort will chase after a 30:00 5K. Maybe, instead, he'll put ...
writefromscratch.blogspot.com
Write from Scratch: Found Lessons
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012. There's no bad place to (re)learn a lesson about writing. The best thing I've learned today about writing came to me from a book about the early days of the oil industry. Petrolia. Published by Brian Black in 2000, is a ruminative, often poetic, examination of 19th Northwest Pennsylvania. I thought I was reading the book to research historical events which are the basis for my own historical novel: Pithole: The Wickedest City. Today, I found this passage:. How about a West V...
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Write from Scratch: Why Writing Is Impossible: A Quiet Diatribe Concerning the Craft Delivered in the Form of an Innocuous Series of Blog Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012. Why Writing Is Impossible: A Quiet Diatribe Concerning the Craft Delivered in the Form of an Innocuous Series of Blog Posts. Consider the paragraph, for instance. Francine Prose writes a twenty-two page lyrical, informative, passionate, impassioned, telling, showing, fun, descriptive discussion of the paragraph in her book Reading Like a Writer. In the chapter, title "Paragraphs" (Oh! I'm rereading the chapter right now, thinking about how I will begin a conversation about par...
daddyorsomething.blogspot.com
Daddy Or Something: October 2010
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Why We're Such Awesome Parents, Who Rock. In response to your first question, "Jackson, where have you been? Let me say this: when the baby gets the twenty-four hour flu, daddy gets to have the flu for the whole week. In response to question 2a, "Jackson, does it hurt when you drill through the board into the finger holding the board? I have to say, "Yes. Yes it does hurt.". In repsonse to question 2b, "Jackson, does it matter which finger? Asked traci. Naomi said, "suddenly their came a tapping....When ...
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Daddy Or Something: Chips, Soup, Heart
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Chips, Soup, Heart. On the card rive home from preschool, Blaisey, crunch crunch crunch, said, "You wanna know," crunch crunch crunch, "what my favorite part of," crunch crunch crunch, "veggie chips is? I said, "What's your favorite part of veggie chips, bubba? Crunch crunch crunch. "I like," crunch crunch crunch, "how veggie they are.". That's a good thing, I think, to like about something - how very it it is. She said, "I don't like taco soup.". This," I told her, "isn't a restaurant.". But you're not&...
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Daddy Or Something: September 2010
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Make Friends, Not Beds. As a family-oriented blogger, I get a lot of questions about all kinds of relationships. In response to those of you who have been writing to ask about friendship: e.g. what makes a good friend? How does one know when one is no longer friends with someone else? What are the limits of friendship? Meanwhile, for those of you still struggling with folding such heinous linen, consider my three step process:. Best of luck to all of you in your laundry endeavors. A: Call a professional?
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Daddy Or Something: November 2010
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A Second Honeymoon and Other Travel Advice. Traci and I have that old on-going marital competition. For the longest time, we kept secret tabs on who was more successful in life. One day, we just decided to make a list. My argument was that I had attained more in life than she had. And hers was, "Nah nah, nahnah, poopoo." At any rate, here's a sample of the list. Traci had a full scholarship to play Division One basketball – I was a Division Three cheerleader for gym credit. Traci, of course, was honored,...