Category Archives: Adventures

This year has been a challenging one as I have walked with dear ones through valleys of grief, illness, and struggle. Sometimes, in the face of so much hardship the world can seem bleak indeed. What does one do? As for me, I decided to run an ultra-marathon of a 50k distance. It’s a strikingContinue reading “Blues Cruise 50K Race Report”

“To be bold is to love. To love is to be bold.” I have been thinking lately of why improv terrifies me: it requires me to be willing to fail spectacularly. I start with nothing. I wonder: What if I have no ideas? What if I freeze? What if everyone sees me fail? It isContinue reading “Improv Comedy: Bold Love”

This week, one of my improv teaches told me that I have been a bit of a shrinking violet in class.  One rule of improv is to “make bold choices” and that is exactly what they pressed me to do: own the stage, share my weird ideas, and get out there! Bold choices, they teachContinue reading “Improv Comedy: Make Bold Choices”

While it was still dark, I awoke.I wasn’t ready, but I awoke.I slipped on my running shoes, grabbed my pack,with its water and sugary snacks,and streamed out the door. The dawn whispered as I arrived at the trailhead.My friend A started his GPS as we took off, running.I wondered, could I do it?Uncertain, I pressedContinue reading “A Revelrous, Rebellious Run”

It was over tacos. I decided to start hiking the Appalachian Trail over a meal of tacos.Of course, it was over tacos. I feel like my hiking life could be measured in tacos, defined by tacos, counted by tacos. Five years ago, my first hike with the Hudson Valley Hikers was a Taco Tuesday hike.Continue reading “Hiking the AT (or Ode to Tacos)”