I’ve got a lot of routes in my neighborhood to run. I’ve got a couple 5k loops, but I’ve had some trouble finding a good out and back run. This sounds like this post should have some deeper meaning about life, but, alas, no, it’s just about running. Typically, I like out and backs because …
It’s teacher appreciation week and while I’m going to do a little of that over on RobertVarnon.com, I thought it more appropriate here on the Creek to discuss writers we learn from. So there are some obvious ones for me. There’s John Gardner, who wrote the Art of Fiction. I especially like his discussion of … Continue reading The Authors We Learn From
As I work with my son who is interested in running, I’ve had to think back to the days when I really became a runner in 2005 and how I did it. I had just moved to Stratford, Conn. and I was not ready to really get out there and just do it. Basically I … Continue reading The Beginning Steps: Or How I Started to Run
Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., Reno, Nev. has agreed to give my books, Potential: A Novel and The Last Disruptor shelf space beginning today, April 25. I’ve always wanted to see my books for sale in a bookshop and so I submitted them to Sundance for review. After reading them, the store agreed … Continue reading Got Some Shelf Space at A Very Cool Independent Bookstore
While I didn’t hit my deadline to run 26.2 miles between April 1 and Patriot’s Day this year, I did finally complete the run, today. Look, I love running and what it does for me and the community it creates but I’m not a marathoner and not really interested in becoming one. I like running … Continue reading Patriot Day Run Finished
So I’m closing the book on Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas and since this is Chalk Creek Writing Outfit & Running Club, I thought it appropriate to give it a little review and also the first ever CWO&RC Recommendation. Now I’ve had the book for better than a month and I … Continue reading Bravey Gets a Chalk Creek Recommendation
I wrote a tirade against a bitter Instagram post this morning from another account that keeps posting to a hashtag I follow, but I didn’t publish it because I wanted to think about it for a bit. I re-read my drafted post and though there was some funny bits in there and some real honest … Continue reading The Bitterness Bites at the Page
The rain doesn’t know it’s sad, that’s my doing. So who had the under on my challenge to run 26.2 by Patriot’s Day this month? In my typical fashion, I’m trying to deflect from the truth with humor, but it’ just hiding. Here’s the truth. I have been up and down emotionally for weeks now. … Continue reading DNF in my Patriot’s Day Challenge
So the other day out for a “quick” run, which I count as anything under a half hour these days, I passed two of my neighbors who walk everyday together. They’re a cute older couple and they’re both really nice. They wave and say hi, and are generally encouraging. Well, on Thursday morning, as I … Continue reading Just Keep Chugging Along
So it took some doing, but we got the video to work through my Youtube channel and it’s up and available over at Robert Varnon – R.D. Varnon. This is the first time I’ve read from The Last Disruptor publicly. It’s a short selection and I hope you enjoy it. The Last Disruptor is a … Continue reading First Public Reading of TLD Ever!
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