Essay

Running in Illinois

I recently visited the house where I grew up. For now, my dad is still living there, so I was…

I’ve been very focused at work the last few work days. I am taking some time off, and I wanted…

At the very end of November, I added a goal in the app I use to track my running (and…

The other day my husband told me that I could sometimes be a bit convoluted in my communications, leading to…

I really, really didn’t want to run on Sunday. My stomach felt overfull and bloated. I knew there was some…

Well, I’ve been using laxatives for a couple weeks now. I have tried four different kinds so far. I want…

Last Sunday, I ran 6.87 miles. It was a windy, sunny day, with temps in the 50’s at the time…

Last Sunday I prepared an omelet for my husband that was so delicious the first thing he told me after…

I finally got a 5 mile run again on Sunday. I really want to get up to a 10 mile…

One of my writing related goals this year is to enter a story into each quarter of Writer’s of the…