Monthly Archives: January 2021

Laughter, joy, and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

If you know the Rolling Stones song Shattered, you’ll recognize the headline of this blog today. That album came out the summer between my junior and senior year in college. I’d sing parts of that song as we ran mile … Continue reading →

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Abandoned places and the wheelhouse of regrets

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

There’s an old house that sits on one of the most popular running routes that our college team used north of Decorah, Iowa. That house was not in great shape even back then. These days it is close to collapse. … Continue reading →

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Up to my neck in another swimmer’s life story

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

At the swimming pool this morning I’d completed 500 yards when a fellow in the next lane over had a question about the substance I’d used on my goggles to keep them fog free. That led to a discussion of … Continue reading →

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Standing strong in the face of shattered perceptions

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

During my long running career I saw plenty of meets and races where competition was fierce. For the most part, I witnessed good sportsmanship. But two days stand out in which bad sportsmanship took the day. Following a conference cross … Continue reading →

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Giving an Achilles heel the boot

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

Yesterday afternoon at 4:15 I stood up from working at my desk and felt a hot twinge in my right Achilles tendon. It was about a “4” on the pain scale. I walked it off and went to get dressed … Continue reading →

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On poaching, road rage and political consequences

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

Yesterday while out birding on a country road west of our home, I turned the corner where the asphalt surface turns to gravel and spied a pile of Canada geese scattered in the snow. Some hunter must have exceeded the … Continue reading →

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Sometimes lemonade makes itself

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

You likely know that old phrase, “When someone gives you lemons, make lemonade…” The term “lemon” has a history of being used to describe something less than desirable. As in, “That car was a real lemon.” I looked up the … Continue reading →

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