The 4-1-Run

For those of you kind enough to check in here and read from time to time, I have moved my writing and blogging over to michaelvalliant.co...

Over the past few years, getting a hair wrap has become a big part of our Ocean City beach trip for Ava. It's a simple thing, which h...

Running connects me. It connects me to the earth. It connects me to the sky. It connects me to my breath, my body, my soul. It makes me...

I pack a small backpack: water, fruit and nut trail mix, binoculars, a birding book, a notebook and pen, rain coat, pocket knife, a slim ...

"Amen," had been in my head all morning. That's not uncommon, it has been a mantra of sorts for years. An affirmation. Ack...

Every day is a gift. Even the gray ones. And there are things I notice on gray days that take a back seat when the sun and blue skies tak...

I like simple in my profound. And profound in my simple. My mind gravitates toward the deep end, can get bored in the shallow for too long...