memories

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The desert exploring continued when I went out with my friend and her daughter to find blackberries. We never found the berries, but we did get a nice view of a volcano. This part of Southern Utah is very interesting to me. There are places of flat desert, canyons of red stone, and fields of volcanic

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You know those people in your life that you’ve known forever and only see occasionally but you always seem to just pick up right where you left off? Those are special friendships that are a wonderful treasure. Yesterday I got together with an old friend from High School. Technically, he’s a friend from Junior High

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If you’ve been following along, you’ve noticed that most of my miles have been made through the concrete jungle of Manhattan. I usually get out of the city more often, but these past 6 months have been odd. At some point in May, I went a little crazy and had to book a cabin just

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July 12th - 4.4 Miles With Tourists, Sunset, and Lightning Bugs

This may have been one of my favorite walks so far. It was a beautiful evening, and I was walking right at sunset. Absolutely picturesque. I walked the 4.4 miles from Bryant Park at 42nd Street up to Harlem. Starting below the park meant dealing with throngs of tourists and New Yorkers, but my annoyance

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As I celebrated at the Parade this year. I thought about the people I have chosen to surround myself with. And I’m thankful for how I met them and what has kept us together and how we work to stay in each other’s lives. http://www.quotehd.com/imagequotes/authors11/tmb/edna-buchanan-quote-friends-are-the-family-we-choose-for-ourselves.jpg My first Thanksgiving in the city (3 years ago), I had