I left school at 3:30 today for the first time ever in my life, I think.  I practically skipped off of the bus and dashed upstairs for my running shoes and some much needed respite from a day of crazy kids.  Out the door, past sweet Freddie pleasantly reminding me to “go with care” as […]

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On Saturday mornings a young man comes into the city to sell his strawberries on the street.  I usually stop by after my run and buy 5.000 pesos worth.  These are no ordinary strawberries.  They’re perfectly ripe, beautiful, and still warm from the morning sun.  The man always carefully chooses the ones that are ” […]

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Brody offered up a challenge, remember? So, here’s my Tuesday. I’m not sure how so much wisdom can be wrapped up in a 20 year old kid, but it’s there. Wisdom and truth and a grown up sensibility with a childlike longing for the reckless. He’s a dreamer and an artist and a musician and […]

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A friend told me once that he knew the only way that I survived winter was dreaming about the summer.  He knows me pretty well.  I live for summertime, the smell of chlorine and the tightness of my skin after a day in the sun.  I love runs on summer mornings and the way sweat […]

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I keep an envelope that says “mile money” in a super secret place. Every time that I do a long run I pay myself. Bribery, I know, but it works for me. Then, when I run more than 10 miles on my long run, I spend the money on something I’d never spend it on […]

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It’s no secret.  I like food.  A lot.  And I like the food in Colombia.  I honestly do.  It’s fresh, generally not processed, and prepared by hand.  Given, I could live without the rice.  And the rice.  And, oh yeah, the rice, but it’s better than chili mac or the Potluck Fridays of Mississippi Mystery […]

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Why do we so often choose the easy route? We choose it even if it’s at another’s expense. We do and it’s sad and we’re called to so much more. Rather than tearing each other down with words and actions we’re called to build each other up. Brody’s starting a revolution. Times 39. I’m jumping […]

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  I’m a total booknerd.  Unashamedly.  Spread the word.  Mail me more.  The list of books I’ve read in my lifetime could easily fill this post and maybe the next 52 as well, but I won’t do that.  I will say this, though.  Since I’ve been in Colombia, I’ve started keeping a list.  Just out […]

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Beginnings are never easy.  And now that I think of it, middles and endings aren’t too easy either.  Still, everyone has to start somewhere and for me, for now, it’s here. Who am I kidding?  I didn’t start here.  My friend started me here.  I’m a technological moron of the worst sort, but have been […]

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