Oh yes

"Land of Enchantment." -New Mexico's nickname. Preparing to be enchanted.

Moving

"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." -Conrad Hilton

Into the Wild

"I prefer the saddle to the streetcar and star-sprinkled sky to a roof, th eobscure and difficult trail, leadinginto the unknown, to any paved highway, and the dep peace of th wild to the discontent bred by cities." -Everett Ruess, in his last letter before perishing in the wilderness in 1934.

Headed West this week! Sooooo excited!

Little Bit Sad

Sweet Stuff

"Whitney Dreier walked away with third place." -recap of the Holiday Pie Contest in the Columbia Tribune. If the whole journalism thing doesn't work out, maybe I'll just open a bakery...?

Thankful

"Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds." -Theodore Roosevelt

And in pies.

Happy Turkey Day!

Paws Up

Headed SW

"Moving to New Mexico is apparently moving to a foreign country." -a line from a funny article about the problems New Mexicans encounter with the "outside world." Let's hope we won't have similar experiences...

Hooray, Columbia!

Ciao for Now

"Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends." -Richard Bach.

Nice "going away dinner" last night!

On the Move

"I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving." -Morgan Freeman

Does a body good

Trail run @ Rock Bridge this a.m.!

Me me me me

"He argued that all people are selfish, but that the combined selfishness of many people benefits everyone. He wrote, '[We are] led by an invisible hand ... without knowing it, without intending it, [to] advance the interest of the society.'" -thoughts about Adam Smith's 1759 The Theory of Moral Sentiments.

Pizza Truck

As seen on RAGBRAI during the summer:

People thoughts

"You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do." -Eleanor Roosevelt.

True, although there are certainly exceptions, I think...

Monkey Food

"When you eat a piece of fruit as a snack, instead of a package of Oreos, you feel good about yourself, almost like you’ve built a well in one of those African villages which needed a well, or like you’ve run a half-marathon." -a New Yorker article about bananas. I actually disagree with the author's dislike of bananas, but I found his writing quite humorous (even though his use of "which" in the quote above should be "that" according to AP style. Likely not a Mizzou grad.).

Amen

Synchronized ... cycling?

Watch the video here. Incredible.

Typo

Needless to say, I will not be running this 5k.

Talking with Tom

"I told him he was the best Jefferson statue I’d ever seen..." -part of my first-person essay for Virginia magazine.

Up Above

"I always knew I loved the sky,
the way it seems solid and insubstantial at the same time;
the way it disappears above us
even as we pursue it in a climbing plane,
like wishes or answers to certain questions—always out of reach;
the way it embodies blue,
even when it is gray."

-Linda Pastan

Always Write

"A page of good prose remains invincible." -The Journals of John Cheever

Go Forth

"There is only one success -- to be able to spend your life in your own way." -Christopher Morley

Oh, Paula

NYC Marathon is today:)

Bring it On

"Your day is about to get better." -guy from the Tribune who called to tell me I'm a finalist for the paper's annual pie contest. Amazing.

Race Across the Sky

Race Across The Sky 2010 from Citizen Pictures on Vimeo.

Saw this last night -- very inspiring!

Run Smart

"The Chicken will accompany us; he claims to be tired of being 'cooped' up & is looking forward to the opportunity to flap his wings & make some noise among friends!" -Nancy informs members of our running-club-turned-trivia-team that the Chicken will be making an appearance at Friday's trivia event to benefit the Farmers' Market.

Autographs

"I wonder how many copies I'll have to sign?" -Kruzer contemplates his new found celebrity status during our phone conversation yesterday (as mentioned in Saturday's post, he's got six pages of fame in this month's Inside Columbia).

High Achievers

“I can honestly say educators believe they have the same expectations for all students, but perhaps we have different expectations without really even realizing it." -Hickman's principal on race relations at the high school. Read more in my Inside Columbia article about minority students who are breaking stereotypes.

Tasty