Posts Tagged: author

Overcoming Inertia

posted on 08/08/2010

It’s been tough coming up with ideas for a blog lately. Of course, when things are going smoothly in my world, I don’t “come up with ideas for a blog,” I just write about the random crap that happens to me and the random way I view said crap. Easy-peasey and occasionally entertaining to someone […]

Jeepers! Creepers! The Return of the Blog

posted on 07/22/2010

After my last blog, and the 30-mile walk over two days that preceded it, I decided I would take a week off from fitness walking, blogging, and a few other healthful but non-necessary activities in my life. I figured seven days of relaxation would allow my body and mind to reset so I could come […]

The Wearing of the Pink – Breast Cancer Walk Recap

posted on 06/09/2010

Whew! It’s been almost two days since I finished one of the more major challenges of my life, and I’m finally finding time to sit down and write about my Very Pink Weekend. For anyone who happens not to know, I participated in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this weekend in Chicago. The total […]

Blisters and the Battle Within

posted on 04/21/2010

I’m nearly halfway through my training now, completing a 12-mile endurance walk this past Sunday. I’m learning a lot about myself through this process, including what my body is capable of enduring and how surprisingly quickly I can bounce back from what feels like overwhelming tiredness or soreness. I have noticed that during each week’s […]

Advice from the Alphabet Lady

posted on 04/08/2010

Today I read this interview with Sue Grafton – the author of the alphabet murder mystery series, “A is for Alibi,” etc. – and she was responding to questions about her life as a writer. It’s fascinating to me, because she’s been working on the series since 1982, publishing a novel every two years. At […]

Grateful Woman Walking

posted on 03/25/2010

I’m in my second week of training for the walk (and I promise that not every blog for the next 10 weeks will be about this). It’s going pretty well, though I am realizing how much I’d been neglecting my exercise routine lately. Walking five days a week and cross-training on the other two is […]

First Steps (Mine, Not the Baby’s)

posted on 03/16/2010

I felt I needed to clarify the title, to keep people from getting all excited that MLM might be walking and read on, hoping for adorable “Bambi-on-the-ice”-type video ending with my son falling on his adorable little baby butt. Well, sorry. Not yet, anyway. Now that you’ve presumably recovered from the disappointment that this is […]

The Breast Blog of the Year – Part Two

posted on 03/04/2010

You know you want to. You do. You’re going to do it. You’re going to click this link and make a donation to the Avon Foundation for Breast Cancer in support of my 39.3-mile walk in Chicago this summer. The fact that you’re going to give isn’t in dispute. What might be up for discussion […]

The Breast Blog of the Year – Part One

posted on 03/04/2010

Boobies. Ta-tas. The Girls. Cleveland. The Good China…. Our affectionate nicknames for them are endless and often hilarious. And our breasts serve many purposes in our lives: from that awkward moment when they signal the onset of puberty and we try on our first training bra, to trying desperately to direct the attention of men […]

This is my laptop. There are many like it, but this one is mine….

posted on 02/23/2010

Some bonus, baby-free downtime came my way today, so I indulged in a little “directed surfing” (which I guess is my way of rationalizing that avoiding work by reading blogs is okay as long as they are about writing, as opposed to celebrity gossip). While wasting time, I read some really great tips about writing […]