“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again.
“The best thing about your life is that it’s in a constant state of design.” ~Cleo Wade July highlights Ziggy adopted (foster pup)welcomed another new foster pup — Pepecontinued weekend wanderings + adventures in our citycompleted many days of hardCORE On the Floor + 42 strength and yoga classesrode 150 miles (despite being out of town for
“To learn to swim in the ocean of not-knowing — this is my constant work.” ― Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted June highlights welcomed new foster pup completed many days of hardCORE On the Floor + 39 strength and yoga classesrode 172.4 miles + 1 PR117 workouts + 27.5 hrs (cycling,
“I’d learned what the word ‘happy’ meant. It meant there was no weight in your belly, and if you asked yourself how you felt, the answer spontaneously came back: good.” ― Henry Shukman, One Blade Of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir May highlights volunteer day with the hubs – completed three Kynd
“This big ol’ world and we only get to go through it once. The saddest thing there is, you ask me.” ― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half April highlights purchased new URL to kick start my blog refresh started coaching sessions – two completed34 rides = ~11 hours, 202.7 miles, 1 PRfirst haircut since 2019fun + educational
“The main thing is this, when you get up in the morning, you must take your heart in your two hands. You must do this every morning.” ~ Grace Paley February highlights celebrated hubby’s 40th birthdayvirtual wine tasting with husband + extended familyenjoy vacation day + extended holiday weekendstarted fostering pupcompleted 81 workouts + more
“But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go of the limiting stories you’ve told yourself about who you are so that you aren’t trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you’ve been telling yourself about your life.” ― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone:
“November comesAnd November goes,With the last red berriesAnd the first white snows. With night coming early,And dawn coming late,And ice in the bucketAnd frost by the gate. The fires burnAnd the kettles sing,And earth sinks to restUntil next spring.” ― Clyde Watson November highlightsPeloton milestones: 150 rides + 50 meditations + 4,000 annual minutes192 miles rode
October highlightssurpassed 3,000 annual Peloton exercise minutescompleted multiple Peloton activity challenges 31 rides + 7 PRscontinue The Power of Awareness training courseread five bookshit milestone weight-loss goalcelebrated Peloton century ride!completed five live Schweloton ridesstarted SF stairway challengecompleted 60+ workoutsenjoyed a socially-distanced visit to the SFMOMAtook part in a virtual Oktoberfest beer tastingspoiled by an amazing experience at Atelier
Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now how comfortable it will be to touch the earth instead of the nothingness of the air and the endless freshets of wind? And don’t you think the trees, especially those with mossy hollows, are beginning to look for the birds that will come—six, a dozen—to sleep inside their
