I recently learned my grandfather was an alternate for the Canadian Olympic track team. Had I known this when I was a kid, I might have started running much earlier!… Read the rest
Month: August 2017
“What is the meaning of a solar eclipse? To the ancient Chinese, solar eclipses meant that dragons were devouring the sun. To the Czechoslovakians, they meant that ice giants, bitter enemies of the sun, were conquering it. To the Romans, they meant that the sun was poisoned and dying.… Read the rest
The people I love the best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shallows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.
–Marge Piercy… Read the rest