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What Comes Next?

August 14, 2019

The Lake-to-Lake Half-Marathon is coming up soon – almost a month to the day now. It’s got me thinking about what I’ll do once the walk is over.

Tags cycling, family, health, kayaking, marathon, outdoors, swimming, walking, writing

Review: "A Walking Life," by Antonia Malchik

May 22, 2019

You’re probably used to books about walking that address creative and spiritual transformations in those who have the privilege to walk unaccosted and unfettered in … Read more

Tags air quality, cars, climate change, community, creative, health, infrastructure, pollution, racism, segregation, social justice, walking

On the Road Again

May 8, 2019

I’ve finally recovered from last year’s knee injury and am cycling outdoors again. Today was a great day. I rode my bike outdoors for the … Read more

Tags cycling, health, knee injury, lake-to-lake walk, outdoors, summer, walking

The Week from Hell

September 19, 2018

As you may have guessed, this past week wasn’t the greatest. I woke up on Thursday morning (which was supposed to be a swimming morning!) … Read more

Tags classics, feminism, health, health care, hospital, Mary Beard, misogyny, myth, power, women

Coming to Terms with the Past

April 4, 2018

Since I had my knee injury I’ve been sitting around pretty much doing nothing. I regularly ice my knee, and do loops around the house … Read more

Tags academia, academic science, birthday, health, injury, knee injury, meaning, mental health, purpose, recovery, sexism

Managing Your Mental Health in Academia

March 13, 2016

A few years ago, when I was still in academia, we had a meeting of scholars who were part of the university’s Water Institute. We … Read more

Tags academia, academic science, career, health, mental health, mental illness, stress

Out with the old, in with the new

January 1, 2016

*Updated Jan 9 with info from CSP. Now is the time when everyone posts their ‘best of 2015’ lists, so I thought I’d join in … Read more

Tags 2016, best of 2015, goals, health, new year, scicomm

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