Author: Jamie
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A Thanksgiving update: babies & books!
We have a newly revived love for the library lately, with a lovely stack of books to show for it. We’re aiming for a library day every other week and I try to build in a little time to walk around town and do something like sit by the river and watch boats. A certain…
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Race recap: my 1st half marathon
Y’all! I did it! Along with over 1,000 other participants, I ran a half marathon. Me: the wimpy, asthmatic runt who was nearly always picked last when we divided up for teams in elementary school; who managed to sprain, break, or somehow injury something every single year (week) in P.E. class; who never played a…
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Always run up the hills
This weekend — Sunday! — is my first half marathon. My motivation and confidence about this race has waxed and waned with good days/runs, and not-so-good days where I feel every bit of my 40-some-odd years. I’ve had some problems with a nerve issue in my foot (caused most likely by too many years in…
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Visit to Georgia & a Baby Shower!
I’m not a big traveler. If someone ever successfully builds a teleporter, I will go ALL THE PLACES, but as long as driving is involved, it’s not gonna happen. Unless it’s for a really good reason. Like meeting my newest grandson and hosting a baby shower for my soon-to-arrive granddaughter! Kathryn and I stayed at…
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Volunteering as a sea turtle nest parent
Kathryn and I have now completed our first season of sea turtle nest parenting. If you followed along on instagram, you saw some of the highlights but there’s a lot more to it than what I could post in that square little world. I already shared about how the sea turtle protection program works, but…