Aren’t these irises pretty? I have no idea what variety they are. A departed neighbor planted them on the far side of our house years ago - she didn’t want to look at our basement window (I can’t blame her). They multiplied, like irises do, so I’ve divided and moved them over the years. They bloom earlier than [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘100 Miles or Bust’
March 26, 2009
Less is More, Except When More is More.
Have you noticed lots of healthy stuff going on in blogland these days?
There’s the Spring Into Summer challenge, which you can read all about in the link to Kathy’s blog.
Sandy has joined in, and she’s also Kicking the Can. As are other folks. That, and the idea of eating less junk in general, is the “less [...]
June 10, 2008
Bust!
As in, I didn’t get to 100 miles on the dot, as you can see from my ticker. But today is June 10, the last day of the 100 Mile Challenge, and since I seem to have picked up more than just some funny anecdotes on the bus, I won’t make an effort to polish [...]
June 3, 2008
A New Goal, Or Two.
My 100 Miles Or Bust Challenge draws to a close next week, ten weeks after it began. Will I complete my 100 miles on time? I hope so! Will those of you who also took up a challenge feel satisfied with your efforts? I hope so! Will I keep writing about Training on Tuesday? I [...]
May 27, 2008
Why I Care.
It occurred to me after all the prior discussion on this blog about fitness in general, whether to write about it, whether some people hate the topic or just don’t want to talk about it, and yada yada yada, that it might not be a bad idea to share with you just a bit more [...]
May 20, 2008
Training on Tuesdays: Ten Reasons…
I’ve been struggling a bit to dream up topics for my Tuesday Training posts. Not that there’s any dearth of stuff to talk about. I’m not an authority on anything exercise-related, though, and I hardly think anyone wants to read me drone on about my last run. I started batting a Letterman-style “Top Ten” exercise post around in my mind. Then, [...]
May 13, 2008
In Favor of Balance.
A couple of weeks ago I posted about my self-imposed responsibility to pass on healthy attitudes about body image to my daughters. You left some wonderful, thoughtful comments on that post, and it seems that many of you share my concerns about our next generation of women. Yesterday, I happened to see this article about body image and the [...]
May 7, 2008
What’s for dinner Wednesday? Roasted veggies! (And a cool tip.)
My parents had a beautiful vegetable garden and we feasted on many varieties fresh veggies every summer, but when the ground froze, it was back to the Green Giant and dreary canned vegetables for the many months of winter. Somehow my mom had the notion that even those canned (i.e., already cooked) vegetables needed a good long cooking to make them fit [...]
May 6, 2008
Training on Tuesdays: Cool Tools!
Happy Tuesday! Hope you took a bite out of your 100, or whatever your goal is, this past week. How did it go?
I didn’t do quite as well as I have some weeks on the mileage, but my post last week inspired me to take my own advice. I did some strength training, and added [...]
April 22, 2008
Feel the Love
I had a whole post pre-written for today about the metabolic woes of being days away from 44 years of age. You know what I mean. There comes a time in every woman’s life when suddenly every indulgence shows up somewhere almost immediately – and instead of landing on the hips and thighs, it might [...]
