Julian and I went for a brief swim tonight. Ok he swam and I sat by the pool like a slug. The sun was still fairly high in the sky and to our backs as we walked back to the house afterwards. Our shadows were cast in front of us long and funny things...
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Way back in 2003 I raced the pair at US Nationals with my rowing partner Mary. We had made the top pair from the University of Washington Pair Camp that summer and as a result got to travel to New Jersey and race in the intermediate, open, and elite categories. My memory is fuzzy...
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Two weekends ago I traveled back to Columbus Ohio for the 30th Anniversary celebration of the Ohio State Women’s rowing Team. I did not anticipate what a profound experience it would be. I am still processing. All I felt. The old friends I saw. My family. Starboards. And ports. The Scioto river. The boathouse....
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Yesterday we had our second year case competition as part of the Foster Evening MBA degree requirement. My team of five had one week to analyze a case and prepare a twenty minute presentation. There were seventeen teams that presented yesterday afternoon in front of a panel of judges. Then the top four were...
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I’ve been an athlete my whole life. And I’ve had a lot of injuries. Over the years I learned that the worst thing for my injuries was to simply stop doing the activities I was doing that led to the injury in the first place. That only made things worse, mentally and physically. What...
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My mom was always a cryer. She’d cry after our basketball games in high school. She’d cry at tv commercials. She’d cry looking at a beautiful painting. It was sort of a running joke between she and I. My mom was moved by life. By beauty. By love. And her emotions were just there...
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I write this weekly post about recruiting for work, and I was originally going to share this post there. But today I decided I need to stop saving my good stuff for work and actually share it with you. Work doesn’t get to have the best of me when the world is so in...
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Things I’ve done since the election: – checked in with friends and family – revisited a book I’m writing and started revising it again – donated to charity (Philadelphia City Rowing) – worked out harder and channeled my anger into making my body healthy and strong – prioritized my health – checkups, vaccinations, time...
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To drop my son off at his previous school, we took the elevator from the garage up to the 3rd floor. When I picked him up he always asked to take the stairs to the escalator to the elevator to get to the car instead of just taking the elevator. My instinct was to...
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Today I was chatting with my son and he asked me something. I said “I’m not opposed to it.” And he said “does that mean you’re not open to it?” And he asked me what “opposed” meant. I said opposed means against something. So when I say “not opposed” I mean I’m not against...
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