I ran my last Loch Ness Marathon yesterday. (Maybe.) And I accomplished a PB whilst doing it – which was totally unexpected. Even better, I am nowhere…
The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival started on Friday, setting the tone (pun intended) for my weekend. I admit that the weekend has been slightly less active…
For the last six years, I have experienced a wide variety of what I call “widow dreams”. Some are more upsetting than others, but they…
There was an interesting piece in The Guardian’s Running Blog yesterday about running with music. The post offered insights from two runners – a pro-music runner and a no-music runner – and…
When my foster daughter first came to stay with me, we fell into a habit of listening to the radio on the drives to and…
Last month I decided to write a blog post about the one and only “mixed tape” that was ever made for me. Well, I say…
Over the summer, my friend set a challenge to listen to all of her iPod’s music collection alphabetically. A through Z; every song. Every. Last. Song.…
Ack! It’s happened again! I’ve become a handbag packrat. You know, those women who carry these massive bags around all the time that are loaded…
Woke up to the sound of pouring rain; the wind would whisper and I’d think of you. And all the tears you cried, that called…
When I run I think. Even when I’m listening to my iPod, my mind is racing through one thought after another. It jumps from here…
Faithful readers of Just Frances may recall that I blogged about my spare change about four months ago. They may also recall me blogging about…
I posted a while back about my mission to expand my incredibly eclectic music collection, intending to fill my iPod Classic of 40,000 songs. Since…
I ran the Runner Stumbles 5K yesterday with my nephew. My cousin and her son joined us, too, which was a fun little treat. I…
I bring my iPod to work so that I have a bit of music playing in the background. Most days, I set it to randomly…
Following up on last Friday’s pigtail challenge, here’s a fun little song I have to share with you. I’d never heard it before meeting Paul, but…
Ow! Ouch! Owie! OK, not yet, but come tomorrow those are the words I will be exclaiming! I had a rough night last night so…
I got a new toy today. It’s a lovely new, bright, and shiny 4 GB iPod Shuffle. It’s a pretty shade of green with a personalised inscription.…
I used the last of my coffee up on Monday and haven’t had time to go buy more beans, which means that for the last…
And we’re off! Actually, we’ve been on the go for about 10+ hours now and are now waiting in Amsterdam for our connecting flight into…
I’ve finally gotten around to my first attempt at digitalizing my vinyl collection. Actually, I’ve started with my parents’ collection, as it’s their fancy-schmancy machine.…