Blog Posts

Crawl

By Kate Blackwood / May 5, 2020

A poem I wrote in late April 2019, after returning from a 10 day solo hiking trip in Japan.

Best Read of the Week: Nicholas Thompson on running, in WIRED

By Kate Blackwood / May 1, 2020

Three words stand out to me from the headline of Nicholas Thompson’s essay: Marathon. 44. And past.

Most improved

By Kate Blackwood / April 28, 2020

You have to start somewhere. And for a long time, I didn’t want to admit that I needed to start.

Mask mandatory

By Kate Blackwood / April 27, 2020

It somehow circled back to the face mask. My first interaction in the place was muffled by the absence of facial cues. The front desk monk scared me rather than making me feel welcome.