Anticipating Juneteenth (#261: 2024’06’12’W)

• Celebrating by running and eating • [1½ MIN READ] Last Juneteenth 2023, I spent the morning writing and publishing my thoughts and experiences on learning about Black community. There was not a lot of that growing up in the Southern Tier of New York state. There was a little more going to college in … More Anticipating Juneteenth (#261: 2024’06’12’W)

On the Road and Back at Home (#260: 2024’06’05’W)

• Traveling and staying • [1 MIN READ] Except for the first time (2020: Thanks, Train Dave!) taking the GGR travel team on the road to visit Black Men Run, I’ve basically been the solo representative. There weren’t a lot of people keeping the club moving just before and during the COVID Twenties. For the … More On the Road and Back at Home (#260: 2024’06’05’W)

Taking the Show on the Road (#257: 2024’05’15’W)

• If not exactly to run • [1 MIN READ] This little running club has been going places. When I first started running with it in 2012, we ran a different route. Now the Jenkintown Sunset 5K route has been a standard along with a couple of other routes for variety. Back then we ordered in occasionally … More Taking the Show on the Road (#257: 2024’05’15’W)

The Attendance Photo (#254: 2024’04’24’W)

• One and done • [1 MIN READ] One particular WWW outing became the inflection point for a feature of the Growlers Group Run called the Attendance Photo. That first photo actually featured someone who wasn’t in attendance. Photoshop them in? Puh-leeze. Why waste the effort when you can use Paint? Keep expectations low I … More The Attendance Photo (#254: 2024’04’24’W)

Archive Complete (#185*: 12/21/2022, Weds)

• 5 Years for Ready Review • [1 MIN READ] I began crafting cleverly considered cogitations for incarnations of this club in 2018. Then, they were available exclusively through email and Facebook. Going back and reading any that happened to be particularly memorable required email and Facebook accounts. And fortitude. Because those platforms were intended … More Archive Complete (#185*: 12/21/2022, Weds)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way from GGR (#167: 9/14/2022, Weds)

• Nothing much • [1½ MIN READ] I’m part of a family business (fine watercolor) that takes me to LA occasionally where one of my 3 brothers lives. We 4 sons started it after our artist mother passed on in 2018. During the time when she was still living in the LA area, I started … More A Funny Thing Happened on the Way from GGR (#167: 9/14/2022, Weds)