XtineMisery motivates, not utopia. ~Karl MarxWinter: the dark season. Even daylight hours are heavy and cumbersome, if not hurried. Less becomes more, hardness being a lighter load in…Dec 19, 2020Dec 19, 2020
XtineOn Running and Relationships: an ode to a friend, and what running taught me about marriageRunning is one of the easiest topics for me to write about. It’s safe, it’s fairly universal and well understood, and it has about a…Jun 9, 2020Jun 9, 2020
XtineForm Follows Function.Sunday, April 12. This was the first Sunday in two months I didn’t go for a run.Apr 13, 2020Apr 13, 2020
XtineLove: the tie that bindsI am sitting quietly in my office, looking out the window at a barren tree; the early spring has not yet graced it with maiden buds. I am…Mar 17, 2020Mar 17, 2020
XtineInaction, reaction, deactivation, response: a conversation between friends(Photo: Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights)Feb 18, 2020Feb 18, 2020
XtineThere is a lot of pain involved in running.That being said, even the die hard runners amongst us experience periods when it is not very comfortable, convenient, or easy to keep going…Jan 10, 2020Jan 10, 2020
XtineLessons learned on the path, part 1Sunday evening has become an unofficial leisure run day for me. When I am off 3 out of 4 Sundays a month, I often step out to have a run…Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019