Relating to the past (vs. chronological)
• Literally • [1½ MIN READ] Way back in high school I decided to initiate the discipline of Bible reading in 1 year. It was good! Less than 10 minutes a day. I did it 2 more times through college. ‘Okay, that’s enough,’ I thought. ENOUGH?! Feels kind of insane, really, to say it was … More A Biblical Discipline
• Everyone needs a break sometimes • [1 MIN READ] As a past religious reader of the daily newspaper comics, I was shocked the first time I saw a cartoonist take a creative break. The comic was Doonesbury and the cartoonist was Garry Trudeau. I was in college at the time and it never occurred … More Hiatuses (#162: ZY Weekly Newsletter 6/29/24)
• 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)
• More about SRC nicknames • [1 MIN READ] SRC trail tags (nicknames) have come to be in a bunch of different ways. At least one came by negotiation, e.g., OKhen. Some came by self-selection, e.g., Cookie and Meatball. By far the most common way has been by translation of initials, e.g., Kaycee (AKA KC, … More Trailtagging II (#153: ZY Weekly Newsletter 2/3/24)
• A physical legacy • [1 MIN READ] The lot of us SRC-ers showed up last Saturday to a new feature at the trail head: The Zen Yanni Memorial Bench! Photo credit: Anonymous. Photo courtesy of Calvin Wang.Not everything in this picture is important. It seems that Friends of Wissahickon messaged Kenny Baby … More ZY’s Memorial Bench (#152: ZY Weekly Newsletter 1/27/24)
• Nicknames in process • [1½ MIN READ] A point of anxiety after ZY passed into the great running beyond was that trail tags—nicknames—would stop being a thing. After all, Zen Yanni was the big cheese who did all the bestowing of them. Folks on Facebook and at his memorial celebration consistently commented about getting … More Trailtagging (#150: ZY Weekly Newsletter 1/13/24)
• Fourth year and counting • [1½ MIN READ] In fall 2019, the Original Running Company (of which Jenkintown Running Company is but one store) opened its 3rd store in Ridley Park Township, Delaware County, PA. A look at a map of the Greater Philadelphia area made it clear that the distance from the Jenkintown … More A Home-grown Growlers Running Event (#233: 2023’11’29’W)
• Appreciating the good in tandem with the bad • [1 MIN READ] Last week’s run reminder implied that GGR absolutely had to run the Sunset 5K route so that Free-Burma Pete could complete his 200th circuit of 2023. Well, we did and so did he with 7 runners from his regular Pennypack Trail Runners … More A Balanced Perspective on Last Week’s Effort (#225: 2023’10’04’W)
• Even when you don’t think you’re a writer • [1 MIN READ] For a number of years after he couldn’t get to the trail the way he wanted to, zen yanni gave the job of writing the Ruminations for each Run Report to some of us others who were willing to contribute. Run Anon … More Telling Your Story (#135: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/2/23)
• A lesson in the history of journalism • [2 MIN READ] One week’s Submarine Route run was prompted only in part by a desire to shake up the S5K Route run which has become the Growlers Group Run SOP (standard operating procedure). The other degree of appeal was the opportunity for a newbie to … More Sensationalism (#217: 2023’08’09’W)
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