Archive For March 25, 2025
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.