For 2012 I will take the best care of my body possible. I will listen to my body and I will hydrate, exercise, fuel, and rest it as needed. I will do all this while striving to accept my physical person in all its imperfect glory. I will seek the realization that it is enough, [...]
I woke up this morning to just the most beautiful day I could imagine. My favorite kind of day. Cool and clear and sunny. Slight breeze, bird song. The calm after the storm. What we would have called at camp, a zip-pi-dee-doo-dah day. These are the kinds of early fall days that made me fall [...]
I have to say that I could not be more excited to say hello to 2011. Besides the fact that 11 is my lucky number, I just have a feeling that 2011 is going to be a good year. It has to be, after the bust that was 2010. I don’t know about you and [...]
So it probably wasn’t the wisest idea for me to make my first week of having a puppy the very same as my first week at my new job. Whoopsies. I always do this, don’t I. Despite my best efforts to make change a more gradual process for myself, I always manage to cram it [...]
This is a follow-up post to One year later. , celebrating my one-year “blogiversary”. My, how things change in a year. Not only has my personal life changed dramatically, not only have I grown as a person, but my attitude toward and approach to blogging have evolved immensely as well. When I started blogging last [...]
I’ve been blogging for about a month now. Thirty six days, to be exact. Not a long time by most counts, but certainly long enough to make a few observations about the nature of the beast. First, I must say blogging adds a certain level of pressure to my daily life (for better or for [...]
Hello, world. Welcome to the very first post of thespottedduck blog! If you’re reading this (and no hard feelings if you’re not) you might one day have the pleasure of saying you were with me from day one. I guess I’m supposed to say a little about what this blog will be right about now. [...]
