Author: Moni

  • Let’s talk about hair

    Back in January I caved into the advertising machine of New Wash and paid an inordinate amount of money for an 8 oz bottle of this “shampoo” (that’s not really shampoo). I also bought some of their Hair Balm (also kind of expensive). I just couldn’t resist the siren song of possibly fabulous hair. If…

  • Fourth of July

    It was a very small-town timber festival kind of day. We headed out to Estacada and watched log sawing and log rolling competitions. And then we came home and pinholed ourselves setting off fireworks 💥

  • Sunday Runday

    I am training for another half marathon which is in September, so I will be posting running posts once a week .  I started training a couple of weeks ago and am using the Galloway method of running and walking in intervals. There is a small, competitive part of me that feels like walking during…

  • The Awesome List, revisited again

    I’ve been thinking lately about all of the things I want to do and places I want to see. I have made a few lists here in the past so I thought it would be fun to revisit them to see where I’m at and what I want to add. I have some specific things…

  • Hate = Pain

    “I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain.” – James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son