Yes to Joy! Yes to zeal! Yes, possibly, to bike shoes!

Yes to Joy! Yes to zeal! Yes, possibly, to bike shoes!

By now most of you are aware of my ambivalent relationship with bikes. I want to love cycling, really I do, and I've made great strides; buying a bike with actual gears, finding the magical unicorn of a bike seat which treats all things posterior with admirable...

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So that happened.

So that happened.

Hello, dear, neglected blog. It's been a while. Not my fault. The world has gone all cattywampus, and I've lost my sense of humor. Very few things seem funny to me these days. Well, except for that obese and malignant cat that lives a few blocks over. His regal...

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A Bolt from the Blue

A Bolt from the Blue

Recently, I have embarked on the game changing experiment of neither dieting nor running. I have absolutely no way of telling if it's a success or not. On the one hand, I've gained eight pounds in what feels like a nanosecond. On the other...meh. I'm not so worked up...

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But Can You Put a Price Tag on Love? Yup.

But Can You Put a Price Tag on Love? Yup.

My husband has, among his many adorable qualities, the admirable goal of making sure I get everything I want. I cannot stress enough how much this endears him to me. Well, at least some of the time. Other times, however, His heartfelt response, "Whatever you want,...

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Mid-life Crisis, Right on Schedule.

Mid-life Crisis, Right on Schedule.

Another birthday, another chance to impress the world with my seemingly unending youth. Lord, I barely got that out with a straight face. I am old, old, old. Maybe not geezer old, but old enough to be decidedly unfunny to young people working at various service...

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Just This Moment

Just This Moment

Do you hear it? The roar of applause slowly tempering itself to a single, shared sigh of relief? If you have children, you no doubt know what I am talking about, if not, let me illuminate you-- school has finally begun. Amid the frantic scrambling, unaccustomed AM...

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Heavy Lies the Head That Wears the Helmet.

Heavy Lies the Head That Wears the Helmet.

I did it. Two months of bike commuting has exposed me to so much vehicular buffoonery that I broke down and purchased a bike helmet. Actually, I bought two. Though there are those who scoff when I insist that my head is abnormally large, no, scratch that, giant, it...

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The Good, the Bad and the Jiggly.

The Good, the Bad and the Jiggly.

Like most folks, I've spent a lot of my time sorting myself out; parceling out the traits I like and the ones I don't. I've decided that I like my everlasting urge to improve myself. I like that I'm a quick study and pick up new ideas fairly easily. I like my thick...

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Which is Exactly How Shakespeare Did It, I Believe.

Which is Exactly How Shakespeare Did It, I Believe.

I had a book launch party a couple months ago, thrown by a friend and attended by other friends, all of whom instinctively knew I had no idea what I was doing. It was a great opportunity to practice reading passages and answering audience questions. Because they love...

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No Cookies for You!

No Cookies for You!

Last week’s cold snap aside, I think we can agree that spring is here to stay. That means that I have laced up the running shoes for another, new training season. The beginning is never good. It doesn't matter how long into the winter I persevere, lumbering through...

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  • Pam on I’m fine.We will not be looking back on these years with a happy chuckle and a thought of how whimsical the Universe can be, but I imagine the silver linings will continue to provide useful, elegant lessons in how to love this life we are living. You are a blessing and joy in my life and I am much better for knowing you. And this entry is freakin' hilarious!
  • Geanette on I’m fine.You amaze me. That’s all there is too it. The fact that you are willing and able to even LOOK for a silver lining is breathtaking. And then you make me laugh outloud. “And the award for best use of the word fish stick in a simile goes toooooo......!” Oh Melanie.....keep filling our hearts with your observations and keep us laughing. We need inspiration like you. And now ... bonus ... I can say I’ve “read” Rilke! Big love, G
  • Pam on There are RULES, dangnabbit!Wow! Who is the noble cobbler? Mine took six weeks to repair the strap on my bag that I carry every day. I am aware that your cobbler didn't say that they would be ready in two days, he just agreed that she could pick them up. I am delighting myself with the fantasy of her coming in to get her eight unrepaired boots and stamping her tiny foot while said cobbler merely swings his awl to point to the wall -- Ready in Two Weeks.
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