I never made it to the starting line with all the other runners. I was finishing getting myself ready when they all took off. My race began about a minute or two behind…

We had a family tradition when I was growing up around birthdays and donuts. Every birthday morning in our house, there were donuts for breakfast. They were freshly picked up as soon as…

The other night I went for a run through an upscale town out in the country. I found a bike path that meandered through parks and neighborhoods, connected by wooded sections along the…

Two books, stacked half read on the coffee table. A mix of work and life items cluttering the spaces beside them. Dog hair still sitting on the rugs and in little clumps drifting…