Our Mayor

"For a bicyclist, Darwin Hindman is rather nattily attired, wearing a crisp tweed blazer and an orange silk tie as he pilots his ancient mountain bike through the center of Columbia, Missouri." -hooray for Columbia making it into Parade magazine! Check out the whole thing here.

A+ Material

Apparently my mom spent my birthday going through my baby book:

Twenty years later, nothing's changed - still completing assignments neatly :)

26 Today

"The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age." -Lucille Ball

Blues Lyrics

"Snatch it and grab it if you want it, I'm speakin' of my heart." -another Deke Dickerson song from the weekend :)

Spicy

"Similar to the Taco Bell over there, this is four white guys serving you something with a bit of Mexican flavor." -Deke Dickerson introduces a song at the Roots 'n Blues 'n BBQ Festival.

Sorry for the late post - no internet at home :(

Connections

"Love hates people to be attached to each other except by himself..." -Michel de Montaigne, On Some Verses of Virgil

Swine Time

"Oy, my peeps. I've returned from a voyage of six flights through four states feeling a little swinish ... I'm thinking you shouldn't be exposed to me, nor I to you ... please keep up with the readings and LEARN some stuff." -email from a professor; creative writing = cancelled.

Subjectivity Wins

"Objectivity is like virginity; once it's gone, it's gone." -a thought from my Pulitzer-Prize-winning professor.

Not Lovin' It

At the Mizzou McDonald's. Eww.

Forgive & Forget?

Parting

"Indeed, one's attachment to a man depends largely on the elegance of his leave-taking. When he jumps out of bed, scurries about the room, tightly fastens his trouser-sash, rolls up the sleeves of his Court cloak, over-robe, or hunting costume, stuffs his belongings into the breast of his robe and then briskly secures the outer sash -- one really begins to hate him." -Sei Shonagon's essay "Hateful Things."

So Fine

Perhaps there's an Uppinghamian in Virginia?! Thanks to Dad for the photo :)

And for those of you who need a vocab check...

Shades

"He's the most photographed dog in Columbia." -response from Pau's owner (who happens to own the watermelon stand mentioned in yesterday's QOD).

Happy Friday, everyone!

Delish

"When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat." -Mark Twain. Photo of my favorite watermelon stand at the Boone County Farmers' Market, where I buy one angel-melon every week!

Under the Weather

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.” -Buddha. Although in my case this should read: "...and if we got sick, at least we didn't have appendicitis..."

Carefully

"Admire the world for never ending on you as you would admire an opponent, without taking your eyes off him, or walking away." -Annie Dillard in the NYT Book Review

Pyelonephritis

"This too shall pass - just like a kidney stone." -author Hunter Madsen.

Hoping this kidney infection clears up soon!

The Whole Nine Yards

"In all things, it is the beginnings and ends that are interesting. Does the love between men and women refer only to the moments when they are in each other's arms?" -Kenko's "Essays in Idleness."

Someday

Right On

"Many people are satisfied with Fox News. They're old. We just have to wait for them to die." -a professor shares how he really feels about the conservative media.

Busy Bees

"People who are really busy never have enough time to become skittish. And there is nothing so certain as the fact that the harmful consequences of inactivity are dissipated by activity." -Seneca's essay "On Noise."

Reflection

Another 26.2

"You run as well as you write." -a complement from Joe Duncan, Heart of America race director, after my 3:23:07 finish in yesterday's marathon. Very sweet.

Putting the Labor into Labor Day

“This marathon’s especially challenging to the mind and the body ... It’s no mama’s boy marathon.” -Our Track Club president prepares runners for today's Heart of America marathon. Yikes.

Read my marathon article here, if you haven't already! In other news, Gov. Nixon and Mayor Hindman have declared Labor Day as Marathon Day in both the state of Missouri and in the city of Columbia.

Doing it Right

"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -author Stephen Covey

Trying to stay positive for tomorrow's marathon!

Searching

Actually, I think it does.

Marathoning

Facing the biggest challenge ever on Monday: the 50th Heart of America marathon. Read all about it here, and keep your fingers crossed I survive.

Amor

xo.

Moment of Being

"...There is a pattern hid behind the cotton wool. And this conception affects me every day. I prove this, now, by spending the morning writing, when I might be walking, running a shop, or learning to do something that will be useful if war comes. I feel that by writing I am doing what is far more necessary than anything else." -passage from Virginia Woolf's Moments of Being.

Goodbye, August

"By all these lovely tokens,

September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer."
-Helen Hunt Jackson

Is it September already?!