Here’s a piece I wrote the second summer after losing my mom. It’s a true story, but don’t tell Dad. Four-Wheeler Therapy Pearl’s sister broke out the cherry wine somewhere between the juice boxes and bologna sandwiches. “Dare we?” Sherry asked. Pearl hated wine. So did her sister. Pearl cut a sandwich in half for […]
Author: Kandace Chapple
Exercise headaches
Got home from ALA this morning at 5:30am after driving all night. Slept two hours, unpacked, dozed in a patch of sunlight on the bed while the kids blew all their webkinz cash and ran wild. Then forced myself up to do run/walk in sunshine. Ran 10-minute miles but have to alternate between run/walk to […]
GTW Editorial: Forced Acquisitions
So it came to be, that I finally couldn’t make do with my layout software any longer. The pressure was too great, my casual but constant requests for others to “save down” too much for any woman to bear. And as dominoes are known to do, it turned into the Month of Upgrades. First it […]
Overkill in one sport? The power of cross training
For the last few years I’ve biked nearly every day of the summer. But my progress has ground to a halt. Each summer it happens because a) I get comfortable doing the same routine, b) I like comfortable and I like routine, and c) my body grows accustomed to my biking and therefore is unimpressed […]
Head over wheels for running
I had the treat of guest blogging at Michigan Runner Girl, check it out! Here’s a blurb: I’m a mountain biker. I’m a skier. I’m a writer, a mother, a cat lover. Oh, and I might, when pressed by a polite friend, be called a runner too. But… I’m slow. And I don’t go far. […]