And these were all to my face, so who knows what she calls me when I’m not there.
Author: Jenny
An Unpretty Moment.
I have no tidy bow to tie this up with. I have no message. I have learned no lessons.
Halfway There
One afternoon, I cut off my hair. One night, I had a nightmare. One morning, I ran my first 5k. I finished those things – but I’m still only halfway there.
This Is Not About Running
This month I’ve learned to run further and faster and longer than I’ve ever gone before by deciding where I’m going and then keeping my eyes on… Read more “This Is Not About Running”
Things I Saw on my Walk Today
An incomplete list, in an order that is neither chronological nor of importance, but a secret third thing.
Nothing Came Naturally (5 Years Ago)
“You do that with so much concentration,” he said, watching me.
“How am I supposed to do it?”
“Just as comes naturally.”
But if I just did it as comes naturally, I wouldn’t do it at all.
Shock, Outrage, and Betrayal
What if I took my ordinary little life and acted as if it were extraordinary? What if I wrote overly dramatic headlines about it?
A Little Life
If a moment of life is worth living, it seems it must also be worth remembering.
Unfinished Books of 2024
Once I was the kind of person who read one book at a time, but now, as the year ends, I have many different books going.
Signs & Wonders – Or, A Single Hair
If I was the kind of person who believes in signs, I would think this is a sign and I would look it up to check what it means.