at home in…, w| Gerald Zhang-Schmidt

… or, Everyday Life Lessons with a Sharp Blade Talk is going around about the demise of guys; men have apparently gone missing – and the images by which advertising and TV shows portray manly men are at least as dumbfounding as the impossible women they present. In such everyday things as personal hygiene, things [...]

Of course we eat, whether we run or not. You live, you eat. Running and eating, however, often seem to run counter to each other, even while these two sides of life could just as well run in tandem and make for better living. [Sorry about the running gags, can't resist.] After all, for all [...]

The dead of winter, turning of the sun… pumpkins from the fall garden still stored in a cool place, a memory of the last garden year. First, the pumpkin plants almost get destroyed by slugs. Then, they took over the patch of the garden where they were growing. Finally, quite a few pumpkins were to [...]

… and the way is up, because it’s the Höllkogel (“hell peak”) I’m talking about, and it’s the path to better. The backs of my hands hurt. You can see a distinct line where the shirt began, and find another color again on my palms. Sunburn. I was dehydrated enough I partially re-filled my water [...]

Easy training run recently. Focusing on keeping the heart rate down. At kilometer 10 of 12, coming past a guy and a girl at a picnic area just outside of town. Both went there on his motorbike, both are just post-teenage years, both a little heavyset, smokers. She sits cross-legged on top of the picnic [...]