The Plight of the Trees 2
I knew those boys were up to no good thing when they put a great steel gate up across the old logging road. But I didn’t know what surprise their […]
Category Archives: running
The last mile
This leaf caught my eye on my cool-down mile this morning. My eyes are trained to look for hearts in leaves, for lady bugs and dragonflies and rainbows and signs of all kinds, […]
If jewels could yearn
© mcescher.com Stuart turned his beat Cutlass off King St and onto the dirt driveway to his tiny, square tower house up on the hill. He parked and opened […]
The one that got away
“Foggy Morning” by RoyJr It’s early, foggy, and the sun’s working its way up. I’m running as I do every morning on the long dirt road that shoots […]
The same wind
There was a discussion going down, going around a table of old-timers in the gray yellow morning as usual, in the usual vouching and boasting on […]
About Mrs. Giovanna
Marsha Giovanna completed the last incline of her morning run, the long, hot haul up Dunlin Road. She turned onto Grebe, the last leg of her run, a long […]
The “L” in miracle
It’s the last mile of our long run training. Julie and I are pushing it. New friendship, new conversation, possibly a new time record for our 10K. One more […]
The rabid fox
New England is storybook status this winter. And running is a dream on this snow-packed back road that weaves itself through the woods and around a water garden-sounding brook. Only […]
Even dirt looks good when it’s on snow
On the way back from my morning run yesterday, almost to the house, dirt that had been sprinkled from a snowplow on fresh snow caught my eye. I hadn’t noticed […]
The Essence of a Thing 