When I can't go anywhere, this is what you get. Plus side: I finally cracked the cover on the Landmark Edition "Arrian". (I bogged down shamefully in the "Hellenika" last November and have not yet resumed it, but maybe reading about Alexander the Great will fire my enthusiasm for Greek campaigning.)

Books About Exercising:
( What I Talk About When I Talk About Running )

I recently finished Frozen Ed Furtaw's "Tales From Out There: The Barkley Marathons, The World's Toughest Trail Race", and near the end there was a description of a sleep-deprived ultrarunner who had an experience that I howled my way through... I suspect that many folks who have similarly pushed their limits and experienced that state of " ( Read more... )

( Tulugaq: An Oral History of Ravens )

( Brigid's Charge )