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(Photos by Iris Derke)
The Only Thing Weathered Was His Hat
Around mile seven of the Bronx 10-miler, I find the perfect walking mentor. Then he checks his watch.
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Full Pockets
Three weeks to my ninth NYC Marathon, Pocket Time in the Atacama Desert, a charging German shepherd, and preparing for awe instead of disaster.
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Two Notes at Once
A Tuvan throat singing soundtrack, a DNF in the Gobi Desert, and the two notes my body was singing that I only half heard.
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I Bought a Ticket and the Spirits Were Dancing
I buy a ticket to Rhiannon Giddens at Carnegie Hall, and the ceiling opens. A novel walks through it. Six weeks later, the same voice carries me home.
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Developed, Not Built
25 years after 9/11, four deserts, and what the back of the pack knows about resilience.
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Ultimate Belief: How a Symphony I Never Heard Sent Me Down a Rabbit Hole
My sister plays a premiere I never hear. A review on my phone hands me one line, belief with no evidence for it, and I carry it around for days.
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A Chorus of Crystal Glasses
For those who could not be there. My way of bringing you into those white chairs with us at Jonathan Griffith’s Celebration of Life in Oregon. Music, memories, margaritas, and…
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To Do. To Build. To Dream.
A rainy Central Park group run, a runner with 46 years of miles, and a simple rule of thirds for sorting my day: to do, to build, to dream.
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