A Lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death at the mouth of his cave, gasping for breath. The animals, his subjects, came round him and drew nearer as he grew more and more helpless. When they saw him on the point of death they thought to themselves: “Now […]
Tarmac Meditations #72: Overnight Summer had Ended
I woke up that morning to find that overnight summer had ended. The morning wind brought a hint of winter chill and the lake was flat. The fog lay heavy in the weeds, blue in the absence of sunlight. The steel boats tied to the floats had a resigned feel, at least to me they […]
Tarmac Meditations #70 – Martin, Howard and Ed
Did the Martin Trail and across Foxhollow yesterday morning. Easier and a bit faster. Quiet and moonlit. The creek is high with snow melt and winter rain. The lights of town fragment in the mist. Real becomes fairy tale at the edges. In my relentless monkey mind are instants tumbled, silence, emptiness resonant of a […]
Doc Jocks: Dr. Ronald J. MacDonald
The Fastest Doc In Canada – “What a grand doctor he’ll make”, the old folk said. “He’ll just grab up his bag and set off on the run, and be half way there before a horse could be hitched up. He can beat any horse.”
Tarmac Meditations #69: Broke the String
Woke up this morning, more like came to, long night in the jungles of my memories…How did Dylan know what he knew when he was 21 or 22? “I ain’t sayin you treated me unkind…you sorta wasted my precious time, don’t ya think twice, it’s all right” My precious time…wow and I ain’t no 22 […]
Tarmac Meditations-New Years Part 2
”I hear America singing…” Walt Whitman. Equally, ” I hear you singin’ in the wires…” Jimmy Webb. I love the color of the fog this morning, the temperature of the light transforms morning in the valley into a sacred moment, a pause at the end of something. Up here in the land of ancient trees […]
Tarmac Meditations: Comin’ 2012
New Years 2012: shot a race by the midnight riverside, went home to sleep for a few hours, dreamt some dreams, more nightmarish than serene. Went back to the riverside, shot another race and caught some dreams, came home to rest, and found, sadly, that when some things begin, some things end…t’was ever thus. Let […]
Finding Inspiration Along The Way
A runner and a writer, Lorne Daniel pauses to take inspiration from Terry Fox, Betty Fox, and their legacy of courage.
Tarmac Meditations #68
Michael Lebowitz shares the journey that brought him home and the promises he made to himself at the beginning of 2011.
Tarmac Meditations #66: Urge for Goin’
A Joni Mitchell classic reminds Michael Lebowitz that running doesn’t need to be about running away.
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