When I troll through the memory banks of my life, I sometimes ponder the rough patches. You know, the ones you wished had never happened. The pain of those rough spots surface when you can’t see through to the other side. When you’re in it. When you’re at sea and you have a hole in…
Tag Archive: seeing
Love!Love!Love! ~ Part Deux
Love! Love! Love! ~ The Embarkation About two months ago, I posted the results of a project that quickly became near and dear to my heart. Maybe this project hit home for you, too, as this post received the highest number of comments (>100 including mine) and the most traffic at my little ‘ole piece…
What I Learned from Racing
Even though I’ve had to stop racing (e.g., marathon, triathlon, cycling, open-water swimming), I am aware that I dig into my racing and training memory banks often to power me though my day. I’m capturing the essence of a few gems in this post—even if only to serve as a reminder to myself, but I…
Righting Time
(The title of my post is a play on words—a perfect example of a homophone [e.g., bear/bare, know/no, stair/stare]). Every day, I make my best effort to carve out righting time by choosing writing time—taking time to right/write my mind, to give it a voice, to attempt to put chaos into order in the framework…
Random Acts of Kick Arse: Gratitude
This month flowed with gratitude. And when I say flowed, I mean like Niagara Falls! Sami’s awesome RAOKA leadership has resulted in something special for me—almost like a cosmic shift. I have noticed repeatedly in my world that if one looks for something, one will find it. A tangential example: a close friend of mine…
Are You Hazarding Your Best?
[Photography and graphic design by Lori Franklin - Jane Be Nimble.] Please use this art anywhere and everywhere you’d like. I snapped this photo while I was in a contemplative mood on a beautiful day by the bay and deemed this photo worthy of acting as a backdrop for one of my favorite quotes. This…
What You See
I used to run up, or ride my road bike up, this one huge hill it at least once, if not twice a day. When I eventually made it to the top, I always saw this image. I snapped this photo later in the day one afternoon, but in pretty much all shades of daylight, the…