My Review of AdaCamp Montreal 2015
I tried a new type of travel last month: unconference travel. I took Amtrak’s Adirondack train up to Montreal to attend the AdaCamp unconference, an event dedicated to increasing women’s participation...
View ArticleReview of Dervla Murphy’s Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle
In 1963 Dervla Murphy set out from Ireland with her bicycle (“Roz”), a .25 pistol, a map, and a compass. Her goal: to reach India by cycling through France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey,...
View ArticleA Video About My New Soft Star Shoes (DYO RunAmocs)
Sara filmed me walking around Georgetown in Washington, DC in my new RunAmocs. I still like my Ramblers, but I won the Soft Star Photo Drawing one month last year and I wasn’t going to say no to a new...
View ArticleJoyful Reinvention: A Review of Christopher McDougall’s “Born to Run”
I had two surprising (at least to me) reactions to Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run: 1) I became a vegetarian, and 2) I learned a valuable lesson about life. I read the book because it discusses...
View ArticleWe the Reasonables: A Review of Lin Yutang’s “The Importance of Living”
Loll. Laugh. Lose track of time. Idle — magnificently, of course. So advises Lin Yutang in The Importance of Living, his 1938 guide to living a happy and fulfilling life. Much of his wisdom is...
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