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Freedom's Run

Freedom’s Run 2022 – Your Solution to the Comfort Crisis

August 1, 2022 Tagged With: Freedom's Run, In Print Aug 2022, misogi

So many things today compete for our attention and energy. So it’s no surprise that when we get a few minutes of peace we seek comfort. But a book I brought on a summer trip to Oregon suggests we should regularly seek to get out of our comfort zones. Read the Full Story >>

Weaving In Anticipation

October 1, 2021 Tagged With: Court Appointed Special Advocates of the Eastern Panhandle, editor's note, Freedom's Run, Halloween, Shepherd University

A spiderweb backlit by sunlight on German Street in Shepherdstown.

The fall equinox really did signal a change of season this year, sending us to the closet looking for sweaters for an evening walk with the dogs. Orb-weaver spiders (above) seem to be in unusual abundance this year too — perhaps they want to get back to normalcy and just hang out like everyone else. Read the Full Story >>

A Challenge to Stay Healthy — You Set The Bar

August 25, 2021 Tagged With: Freedom's Run, Katie Nolan Thompson, marathon, Mark Cucuzella, running

Katie Nolan Thompson.

I see it as healthy for each of us to challenge ourselves every now and then to something where we have a risk of failure. This is what helps us grow. I look at the challenges my colleague Katie Nolan Thompson set for herself this year as a great example and posed a few questions to her about this topic. Read the Full Story >>

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