Archive for March 26th, 2009

Tragedy never announces itself politely

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… it just blows you down and leaves you in an undignified haze. This blew me down this afternoon. She was a member of our extented family in England, a cousin by marriage, a kind person who invited us into her lovely home in the countryside on more than one Boxing Day, fed us delicious [...]

If they hadn’t drained out the oxygen, swimming workout would have been fine

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I hit the pool yesterday for the first time in 10 days. I wasn’t expecting it to be too painful.  Sure I had a few days off, but I was skiing and dog sledding.  Surely that would keep me fit. Ha. Hahahahaha. How wrong I was. It felt like there was no oxygen in the [...]