Tag: spirituality

Running to 40

.Reading time 10 minutes.

Nussdorf, Germany 2pm on a Sunday. The last race before I turn 40 years old. It’s cold here in Europe. Road races still happen but they are few and far between this time of year. (Far-between in Europe means I may have to run in Germany or France or Italy. First world problems, I realize. […]

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Milan for Morons

.Reading time 7 minutes.

It’s fashion week in Milan, Italy. That means 3 things for me. I wish I was still young and thin and wrinkle free enough to walk a runway or pose outside Jimmy Choo with a pair of shoes three times my income. I wish I were wealthy enough to buy said pair of shoes I […]

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Church vs Faith

.Reading time 3 minutes.

I like church. I like the buildings – giant gothic cathedrals, gargoyles, pipe organs, gold crosses that seem to glow even in the absence of light. I like passing through Little Italy by Canal Street and seeing all the Marys-in-the-half-shell. I was raised in a church. Literally. My house was literally in a church. With […]

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