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Every artist was once an amateur. – Ralph Waldo Emerson As some may know, I aspire to be an artist. So, when Cat (bottom left) asked her neighbor if she wanted to attend, too, I tagged along. Cost $110, if you bring a date. Yup, I took a Bob Ross painting class. Same age as…
In Boston, you don’t feel disabled, you feel super-abled. I’ve actually heard people there say ‘Man, I wish I was him’ behind my back. – Scot Hollonbeck First time I remember seeing Bob Hall was at a party, maybe 1979, which means it wasn’t the first time I had seen him. Because he was standing up…
Some say Rosie Ruiz is the most famous marathoner in American history. Just ask any non-runner.
Bill doesn’t run 2:09:55 to become Boston Billy without the confidence gained at the 1975 World Cross-Country Championships. He doesn’t podium there without some hard work. Here’s how he did it.
After losing seventy pounds, I began running in 1972 at the Kearney Center YMCA in Danbury, Connecticut. Indoors. Twenty-five laps to a mile. At the time I was a fanatical basketball player, the cause of my two injured ankles. Tough to play hoops when you can’t move sideways or cut or jump. At my best, I had a four-inch vertical.
Of all the songs I’ve written I think I get the most feedback about that song. And it is a personal song – when I did it I sort of thought that I laid it out, you know, with no ambiguity at all – like I just said it very plainly – and I kind…
I think Paul was more like Pre than Pre wanted to admit. – Steve Bence I am old enough to remember when Paul Geis showed up. Just like those old cowboy movies, where the ambitious youngster rides into town, looking to prove who’s the fastest gunslinger around. And ALL the townspeople – I mean everybody…
It’s been amazing. I mean, we’ve just been killing it throughout the whole season. We knew what our goal was from the start, and it was just about putting in the hard work and winning. – Keegan Geldean of the victorious Cougars. WHAT IS NXN? The Nike Cross Nationals is comprised of eight Regional Qualifying…
There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved. – George Sand MY PROMISE By Dan P. Brown If you were my rose, then I’d be your sun,painting you rainbows when the rains come.I’d change my orbit to banish the night,as to keep you in my nurturing light. If you were my…
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. – Lao Tzu End of April, 2024. Last year. Sent my good buddy Michael “Greenie” Greehan a piece of writing I stumbled across. “The Gold Coast” is a glimpse of his neighborhood a few decades ago. He asks, Are you coming back…