Coffee breath Baby snores Swaddled loosely Fatigue induced Patience nowhere But he’s so cute Reading is boring Angry wiggles Staying in touch Intentionally losing touch Day late Run to the bus Excited somewhere TGIF Home cooked lasagna In ten years All the things we want Waiting for inspiration Chase it Make some eggs Help...
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It’s 5:49 am. The dog got up to let me know she’s ready for a walk and breakfast. I’m ready for neither. But I’ll go. Last week words felt like they were exploding out of me and it felt good. This week I feel tired and uninspired. Ebb and flow. Free and costly. Easy...
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New week Lingering sore throat Started a new Twitter Dogs up Gunky eyes Ground my teeth all night Is all you want advice Who cares about rowing Boogers Groaning baby Blocked clogged dripping I need to polish the cast iron sink When we have more kids I just don’t want to Days of sleep ...
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Most of my posts have been about rowing. But that’s not what this blog is about. When someone can get lost in your writings, spend an hour reading the things you have taken the time to craft and sent out into the world and come back to you with any kind of meaningful feedback,...
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My mom isn’t next to me right in the physical sense but she is next to me. She always is. And even when my mom was alive but not next to me she was still always with me. It was a promise she made to me when I was young and something she would...
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On the bus. At lunch. During a boring meeting. Squeeze the words out when and where you can. Like a breast full of milk that becomes stiff if the baby doesn’t nurse, so do we become stiff and immovable if we do not write. Words can bind us up if we don’t get them...
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On cats Delete it all Why should I have to move Headache Smells bad Too much cologne Should I eat the larabar Stop touching me Why don’t you care What am I doing with my life Will I ever (fill in the blank) Communicating in movie quotes Random and old Is it beer o’clock...
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It takes no effort whatsoever to look up make eye contact with someone and say hello. Instead of staring down at the concrete as you’re walking to your bus make an effort look over at the person walking towards you, connect with them, and just say hello. You could even do the little nod...
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Squirrels And Onions
Not writing when you feel the need to write is like adding all of the layers of an onion back onto the onion one at a time with super glue. Then the onion becomes much more difficult to peel the next time around. Sometimes you forget about a layer. Sometimes you can’t remember the...
Continue readingSunrises, Eagles and Herons, and Soggy Pants
I started coaching at the Pocock Rowing Center in August 2015. My very first on the water experience was riding in the launch with Bill Clifford, the Varsity Junior Boys head coach. The weather was incredible. We took a few eights out into Lake Union. The sun was glistening off the water, partially blinding...
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