I could see the ball ripple through the bevel-edged glass of our front door as two boys, about my age, were out front playing a game… Read more “DON’T RUN UPSTAIRS WITH THE SCISSORS, THROW THEM TO YOUR BROTHER: LIFE WITH A POLISH MOTHER”
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CHRISTMAS MEMORY CLOSE TO HEART
‘Tis the season again when families gather around a hearth and a tree, forgiving past slights while holding close memories that linger like the woody aroma of… Read more “CHRISTMAS MEMORY CLOSE TO HEART”
JOHNNIE JAMESON – LA LEGACY RUNNER
When the 33rd Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon goes off this Sunday morning, among the 24,000+ lining up outside Dodger Stadium for the 26.2 mile jaunt to… Read more “JOHNNIE JAMESON – LA LEGACY RUNNER”
WHY PEOPLE START RUNNING
Every religion has its Creation story. All runners do, too. And while most very fast runners generally had their beginnings on organized track teams in school or… Read more “WHY PEOPLE START RUNNING”
FATHER’S DAY 2016
Father’s Day. Far as I know I never became one, but I sure had one to remember. The pictures I cherish of Pop aren’t ones of forced… Read more “FATHER’S DAY 2016”
IN THE BEGINNING
The day that I drove into Boston in a white, right-hand drive post office van, Richard Nixon was flying out of Washington D.C. in a green Marine… Read more “IN THE BEGINNING”
FAMILY DINNERS
It is a long-lost tradition in these frenetic, more individualized times, but in days of yore families came together to eat dinner as a unit. In… Read more “FAMILY DINNERS”
PASSING OF A HERO
An ArmoryTrack.com news release has informed us that two-time Olympic high jump medalist John Thomas of Brockton, Massachusetts passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at the age of 71. A soft-spoken… Read more “PASSING OF A HERO”
A PLACE WE COULD ALL CALL HOME
Among its gentler parochialisms, Boston is called “The Hub”, or in full, “The Hub of the Universe” — a title conferred by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1858. … Read more “A PLACE WE COULD ALL CALL HOME”
HIGH JUMP HEROES
The two silver maples stood like sentinels in our backyard as they guarded the house with their interlocking canopies of green. During the brutal St. Louis summers when… Read more “HIGH JUMP HEROES”
WANDERING IN A RUNNING WORLD 