Sometimes little accomplishments can feel better than achieving something major – like climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Not that I’ve ever climbed Kilimanjaro, or any mountain for that matter. Hell, I can barely get myself to do all of my training for … Continue reading
Our morning began with the exclamation: “Winter’s here!” I was already up working when Logan slowly made his way into my office and crawled into my lap for a sleepy hug. After a minute of cuddling, I told him there … Continue reading
One of the benefits of living back up north is getting to enjoy the seasons. While I am always freezing as soon as the temperatures dip below 70 degrees, I do enjoy the change. Like many northerners, my favorite of … Continue reading
I love a lot of things about fall, but one of my favorites is how the sunlight falls in the afternoon. It angles in through my back doors, bathing everything in warm light. The cute dog basking in it all … Continue reading
This weekend, I covered a community event in Floral Park called Liz’s Day. In its 14th year, the event was created to remember Elizabeth McFarland who died in 1999 at the age of 42 of breast cancer. The event has … Continue reading
Every now and then I find a story that I immediately fall in love with. It usually starts with overhearing a snitbit of a conversation, reading a sort line in a story that is about something altogether different, or a … Continue reading
A year ago this month, I met two outrageously funny people – Erica and Jenna. Of course, at the time when we met, none of us could have anticipated all that would take place in the coming months. While the … Continue reading
Four-and-a-half years ago, I started running again. I hadn’t run regularly since high school, when I remember trailing behind my friend Meaghen on the track or running down Fulton Street in pitch-black darkness feeling the cold air burn my lungs in … Continue reading
Part of the reason I began this blog, with much urging from friends, was to help me write more. Yes, I write a lot, but mostly projects and assignments for work, which to me is not considered real writing. Not … Continue reading
Sometimes I love reporting. Other times, I don’t like it so much. I had an assignment this weekend to cover a bluegrass festival being held in a park on the south shore of Long Island. As I cooked breakfast that … Continue reading