The Island

In Finland’s boreal forests, just above the Arctic Circle, the sprawling Lake Inari is peppered with thousands of small islands. Graveyard Island served for centuries as a cemetery for the ancient Sami, Lapland’s semi-nomadic reindeer herders. When the pandemic ends I will journey thousands of miles to spread the last of […]

Where’s the horse?

The pandemic arrived with a Slam! My skull crashed into the dirt at Rock Creek Park Horse Center at 11:23am on Saturday, March 12th, 2020, the same day NBA basketball player Ruby Gobert tested positive for the novel coronavirus and the entire country gasped. The two events appeared unconnected at […]

VHTRC Women’s Half Marathon, Saturday September 11, 2021 Results

There are just a few things I’d like to say about the Women’s Half this year:

RD Tracy Dahl is a superhero. I’m not sure anyone realizes what an ordeal it is to RD a race, let alone […]

I lost two friends this month. Gary died of brain cancer at age 53. Carmen (not her real name) is still alive, but our friendship of twelve years kicked the bucket. I mourn for both. But the grief process looked quite different.

Gary Albert was my husband’s boss for two decades. Aaron was a young […]