Inspiration

Have you ever watched a runner stop and decide to sit down a few hundred yards from the finish line?
Would you remember if you did?
Or can you conjure marathon memories, Olympians staggering down the final stretch, falling, struggling to their feet, stumbling, tumbling and willing their bodies upright to somehow finish despite the anguish.
When was [...]

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I rode my bike today as I often do, three and a half miles down the flat thoroughfare that splits the island of Perdido Key.
I love to ride and when I do, I spend the time mapping out my day and searching for inspiration.
The wind fascinates me.
Sometimes, I catch a tailwind and glide along with [...]

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The man fumbled his way along the wooded path clutching at faded memories.
“So close,” he muttered under his breath, “always so close.”
He remembered as a child how his mother’s kiss could instantly vanquish any bump or bruise and how the cartoon super-heroes that adorned the Band-Aids over his cuts and scrapes gave him a sense [...]

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The boy stuck to his side of the street.
Growing up in the city, he never saw such huge trees, powerful enough to burst through the middle of the sidewalk and break the concrete with their roots.
He wasn’t used to the dogs and the birds and the flowers in almost every yard. He shuffled along deep [...]

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As usual, the food packed a monster bite.
I often wondered if they fixed it that way to counteract the oppressive humidity that constantly pushed the coastal temperature way past tolerable levels.
Thailand, land of gentle breezes and a thousand smiles, home to some of the kindest, most fun loving people on earth.
I smiled and joked with [...]

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