There are moments you never forget. On election day in Oregon, Michael looks back to the time he got his voter’s card when he came out of rehab, and how a bureaucratic slip of paper signaled a new start.
Learning to Live
The way Roxanne saw it, she had two choices: become homeless on the streets of Vancouver, or go into rehab in a rural community.
Tarmac Meditations #45: Get Your Ass Out and Run!
Running takes more than physical energy — it’s also a mental pursuit, as Michael Lebowitz knows well.
Tarmac Meditations #42: Slow Leaving
With the sound track of a Joni Mitchell song on his mind, a runner thinks about leaving for home after a marathon.
A Letter to Cocaine
A woman writes a farewell letter to cocaine, the drug that held her in such a grip that she gave up almost everything for it — and still it wanted more.
Tarmac Meditations #41: Marathon Day
Michael heads from Oregon up to Canada for a marathon in Victoria — and still manages to get some writing before daylight done.
Tarmac Meditations #40: The Artifact
A runner who knows the feeling of “oldandslow” thinks about artifacts that result from the process of creating.
No Man’s Land
An addict finds the eye of the storm in a local park and it changes everything.
Morning Wood
A man ponders his age and his life after a night spent with a younger woman.
Tarmac Meditations #37: Cathedral of Morning Mist
Michael Lebowitz explores a runner’s life, from feeling good about running, to dreading it, to psyching yourself out to do it again — and then there are all these poetic pauses in between.
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