Originally posted August 9, 2016 . . . I am pretty certain that anyone who’s spent the smallest amount of time around me knows that I love to run. Like most runners, I’m motivated by endorphines, competition and staying strong and healthy. As a writer, though, I run to open my mind, to turn on the faucet and let the ideas roam around. Once in a while, I might get some nugget of wisdom or insightful notion but most of the time I try to observe, to let myself respond to wha

This weekend we had a family wedding on Long Island and decided that we needed to head to Massapequa Preserve before we went home. I’m...