In the last few weeks someone asked if I'd been doing any races since I'm running every day now, and my answer was "no". In truth, I'd been a little scared to do a race. Most of the races I've done in recent memory have been 5k or longer, and I was afraid that only… Continue reading Better, Faster, Stronger
This snow and cold was a little unexpected. It shouldn't have been--it's the middle of November in Iowa, we get cold and snow in the middle of November in Iowa because Old Man Winter is an impatient grump who can't wait his turn. But it is what it is. It's cold and snowy now. The… Continue reading Cold
I hit a couple of milestones this week with my run streak. First, today was my coldest run yet since I started the streak. When I got back inside after my run, my AccuWeather app said that the temperature was 9ºF outside and that it felt like 7ºF. It was chilly, for sure--one of those… Continue reading Milestones, schmilestones…
Today I attended some workshops/classes at Iowa State University with other Master Gardener trainees. Have I mentioned that I'm going through the Master Gardener program? I'm really enjoying what we've been learning, and today was a chance to meet with other trainees from across the state and get some in-person instruction and labs with Iowa… Continue reading Farmer vs. Gardener
I started out this week thinking I was going to write a blog post about a harvest moon, but then I started reading about the harvest moon, and it didn't hook me. And, since we've been picking corn the last three days, I decided I'd rather just write about growing, and harvesting, and life, and… Continue reading Harvest
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