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The best things in (my) life
Lately, I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night a lot, with wild thoughts running through my mind. I’m trying to tame the money brain – or at least avoid thinking about world problems or things I can’t control. Last night I focused on thinking about the best...
Head to Harrel’s Soda Fountain for nostalgia – and a milkshake for less than $4
I love an old-fashioned soda fountain, and I found a classic, where I could perch on a bar stool and sip a strawberry milkshake, in downtown Kingsville, Texas. It didn’t hurt that the milkshake I got at Harrel’s Kingsville Pharmacy cost less than $4, either. My...
I’m running short distances after ACL surgery and I’m thrilled
I ran a mile and a half yesterday.That might not sound like much – it didn’t to me, just a year ago. But that was before I took an ungraceful spill while snow skiing on the Ides of March last year, detaching my ACL and sustaining other assorted bodily damage. Running...
I got sick while traveling in the Maldives – and got great care
Fact: It sucks to get sick while traveling, especially if you’re in a foreign country. But it happens. And in the last year, it’s happened to me a lot, from a torn ACL while skiing in Idaho to a bout of gastrointestinal distress in Bangkok, vomiting in the Marshall...