1 mile to go

two weeks ago I stole a sign. it's now propped by my desk, reminding me to hold firm, be tenacious, keep on my path.   it doesn't bother me that I stole this sign, abandoned as it was, and it brings a smile to my face each time I look at it; I therefore think I did...

floor pilates and editing

five years ago I attended my first yoga class, after which I swallowed my pride, shrugged off my embarrassment, and went to another one. since that time yoga has been part of my life . . . not a large part, but a consistent, significant part.  my belief about yoga is...

on the loose in escalante

a few weeks back I decided to start reading more utah authors.  in my neighborhood library I asked for assistance in finding such creatures, and was given a print-out with 5 books on it. now I know that we have more than 5 authors who have collectively written a great...

mathilda savitch, or, what’s in my reading stack

victor ladato's mathilda savitch is atop my current stack of books. if you'd like a professional, or at least well-thought-out critical review, you could search online.  I'm just going to tell you what my experience of reading it was: not a lot of fancy words or...

roaring alligators

shortly after I earned my bachelor's degree I received a promotion, moved to california, and met a girl named leslie bell.  I really liked leslie bell.  short dark hair and lively brown eyes, a tall swimmer's body, a willingness to laugh at the world and herself,...

if three words are good, two are better. maybe.

I give my files quirky names. I could be (should be) better organized, placing everything properly in labeled folders so that I could find things more easily, naming my files descriptively, deleting old versions, all of that.  but instead, I name files whimsically,...

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