Before you ask, I did not have the best of wedding anniversaries, although it may be one that I won’t forget in a hurry. But I’ll come back to that later. The upshot was that I needed to spend time knitting to sooth my nerves – so my new project has made some progress. This […]

You are all wonderful! Thank you so much all those of you who commented! It was really helpful to know that I probably wasn’t totally over-reacting or being over-protective and I did as you suggested, talked to the mother and she is happy to be present, if hidden in an upstairs room, during the party. […]

My hip hurts. It’s a strange kind of hurt – not the joint, more pain up the outside of the hip. It makes me walk funny. Running is, between you and me, out of the question right now. Which isn’t good when I’m supposed to be running a marathon in less than two months. I’m […]

Imagine….. A cool, bright early morning. Blue sky without a cloud in sight. A slight nip in the air accompanied by a gentle breeze. The view is clear over to the Toggenburg mountains and into Austria, with tiny wisps of morning fog in places. The lake is calm, a few tiny ripples breaking up the […]

I’ve always heard of the dreading Sunday phenomenon, but personally I thought it wouldn’t ever apply to me. But now it does… According to my Runner’s World Marathon Training Plan I’m now in monster month. Gulp. That doesn’t sound good. Sundays are the long run day…and boy, the runs are starting to get really long. […]