http://www.gretchenstahlman.com/blog Every year is wondrous Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:22:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In January, I received a summons for grand jury duty. I had been called for jury duty once before but was dismissed when the case suddenly settled out of court just as the jury interviews were to begin. I remember feeling grateful that, although I feel strongly about fulfilling my ... http://www.gretchenstahlman.com/blog/2008/06/04/tis-grand/ When I ran the Marine 10K last October, I caught marathon fever. I knew I wanted to run the Marine Marathon in 2008 and I knew I could do it if I worked up to it. I decided that a good interim goal to the marathon would be to run ... http://www.gretchenstahlman.com/blog/2008/05/21/historic-run/ Just a brief post to say that the Marine Corps Historic Half-Marathon is over and I, not only completed it, but feel like I ran it as well as I possibly could have. I ran the entire thing, the only slowdowns were the water stops (just haven't learned how to ... http://www.gretchenstahlman.com/blog/2008/05/18/and-now-im-a-half-marathoner/ Gretchen Stahlman is a writer living in upstate New York. She has two sons: Nick, a Marine and newlywed who is finishing up his second tour in Iraq and Paul, a high school senior who is planning on pursuing his dream of being a cagefighter. Gretchen currently makes a living as ... http://www.gretchenstahlman.com/blog/2008/05/07/author/ I have two running goals in 2008: run the Marine Historic Half-Marathon on May 18 and the Marine Marathon on October 26. I'll be running to benefit the Semper Fi Fund. I appreciate your donations! Posts about why I'm running: Spirit of the Marathon Why I'm running a marathon http://www.gretchenstahlman.com/blog/2008/05/07/run/ Have you seen me running? I'm the one trudging along the path, eyes straight ahead, moving slowly but steadily. Have you seen me running? I'm running on the shoulder of the road, watching you driving towards me, then feeling the rush of wind as you pass me. Have you seen me running? I'm jogging on ... http://www.gretchenstahlman.com/blog/2008/05/06/always-extraordinary/ I'm just six weeks away from running the Historic Half, the inaugural Marine half-marathon. It's time to get serious. It's not that I haven't been working out and training. I have been, but not all of it has been running. Frankly, it's a lot easier to run when I'm in FL ... http://www.gretchenstahlman.com/blog/2008/04/07/six-weeks/ In honor of my decision to give the decade of my 40s one last swipe before moving on to bigger and better things, here's a link to Flat Earth, a video where I'm credited as a contributor. http://www.thomson-craighead.net/docs/flmov.html Here's the "back" story: In an old blog, I posted this story: I've been experiencing some ... http://www.gretchenstahlman.com/blog/2008/04/02/flat-earth/ At the Hotel Mela, we emerged from the shiny, black SUV limo. I was wearing my sunglasses, Paul was looking adorable -- we looked like we just might be celebrities and who were we to argue with that? We checked into the hotel and the desk clerk saw that we were ... http://www.gretchenstahlman.com/blog/2008/03/30/on-the-show/ Our flight for NYC left at 1:45 pm on Sunday but we had a lot to do before then. On Saturday, Paul went shopping with our family fashion guru, cousin Simon, to get a pastel button-down shirt (no black, no white, no stripes, no patterns, the producer had told us) ... http://www.gretchenstahlman.com/blog/2008/03/25/super-stars/