This is me, just after I crossed the finish line.

I did it!  4 miles in 40 minutes and 26 seconds– even quicker than my goal pace.  I feel very, very proud of myself.  I can understand why people get addicted to running, I felt like I was beaming all day!  Nothing like setting a goal, [...]

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“Running Shoes” from Mark Steele’s Flickr stream.
Licensed via the Creative Commons.

The Runner
Walt Whitman
On a flat road runs the well-train’d runner,
He is lean and sinewy with muscular legs,
He is thinly clothed, he leans forward as he runs,
With lightly closed fists and arms partially rais’d.
Included in Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and available online.
My first ever [...]

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How cool is this candle?!  Maybe it’s me.  I haven’t actually purchased it because, really, I don’t know that we need a giant candle.  BUT, isn’t that an awesome stand?  To me it looks kind of steam punk-ish but not too over-the-top steam punk.  We’ll see.  This might be the kind of thing that seems [...]

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Just a quick post today– I love this video from the New Zeland bakery association promoting their bakery of the year awards.  It celebrates pastry AND Sir Edmond Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first men to summit Everest.  Some of you might remember my bizarre obsession with Everest (I say bizarre because I have never, [...]

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Oh my gosh, I just cannot stop read the Sew, Mama, Sew! blog.  They dedicated the whole month of August to hand sewing and have gotten some of my favorite crafters to offer up free patterns (yes, I missed it but it’s almost as fun to read the archives and get one huge shot of [...]

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