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What started out as a five mile run turned into a

What started out as a five mile run turned into a three mile walk/run with lots of stops along the way for picture taking when I realized how tired I was from yesterday’s festivities. I chose today’s route as a quieter alternative to my usual beach run since Southern Florida is, once again, awash in visitors. The roads are clogged with traffic, the malls are bursting, and the beaches are overrun. I tend to hide on Black Friday as a general rule anyway--a combination of too many bad memories from my retail days and a tendency towards introversion--so here are some images of my Black Friday celebration. Hope you are enjoying your day! 🤗♥️🏃‍♀️🌺🌊☀️

#blackfriday #dayoff #lovewhereyoulive #downtimeissweet #southfloridalife #onlyinflorida #shotonpixel #runtherapy #runflorida #ihideonblackfriday #thanksgivingweekend #writerswhorun #memoirist #itellstories #runlove #roadrunner #runnersofinstagram #pagesandstories

Why I run: Three mile sprint with friend Christin

Why I run:

Three mile sprint with friend Christina and @taztheaussieexplorer. (Social Hour)

Thirty minutes catching wayward puppy and delivering her to the police station. (Community Service)

Two mile Jupiter Island jaunt. (Solitary Time)

Two mile walk/run with Pearl with a little side trip to say hello to the fountain in the park. (Doggy Time)

Fulfilling. 🏃‍♀️👏🙏♥️🐾

#whyirun #runtime #floridarunner #lifewithpearl #runningwoman #runningismytherapy #runlife #nuunlife #gooutside #tequesta #lovewhereyoulive #inmyaussiedogworld #runningcommunity #runchat #writerswhorun #runnersofinstagram #pagesandstories

Can't believe how much I MISSED racing! Wow! This

Can't believe how much I MISSED racing! Wow! This was my first since February of 2020, and boy oh boy, did we have fun! Running with friends made it even better! 🤗🔥🏃‍♀️🌴🌊

#zoeloren5k #roadracing #runlove #jupiterbeachrunner #run #runningismytherapy #writerswhorun #runningcommunity #runningwoman #runningislife #nuunlife #runnersofinstagram #pagesandstories

Life is so much better with dogs. 🐾😍♥️☀️🌴

#purejoy #lifewithdogs #floridadogs #dogsofinstagram ##lifewithpearl #doghiking #bestdogfriends #hikinglife #saturdaymorningvibes #inmyaussiedogworld #thewritersdog #writingcommunity #writersofig #pagesandstories

"A cocoon of comfort and love, things you could co

"A cocoon of comfort and love, things you could count on, my parents’ bedroom door always cracked an inch so they could hear if one of us broke curfew—being grounded if you had—the cast iron skillet my mother cooked chicken in, the teakettle perpetually on the range whistling at the boil, the hummingbird feeder hanging outside the kitchen window and the bird feeder in the backyard, my mother’s enviable way of being satisfied with a single spoonful of ice cream before bed, my dad and my brother mowing the lawn on weekends, my dad taking my mother out to dinner every single Saturday night, how much he loved her, the holiday meals we all cooked together, some with menu fails we still laugh about . . . " 🏡👨‍👩‍👧‍👦♥️

#flashbackfriday #childhoodhome #whereigrewup #perfectchildhood #mcmurraypennsylvania #familyiseverything #momdadbrothersister♥️ #memoirist #thememorykeeper #essaywriter #writingcommunity #memoirsofinstagram #indiewriters #itellstories #writersofinstagram #pagesandstories

That wind sock on the left of this image represent

That wind sock on the left of this image represents my run today: limp, humid, and pretty much motionless. 🤣🏃‍♀️ Go away summer! 🥵🌊🌴☀️

#runlife #neverendingsummer #nofilter #floridarunner #runlove #runningismytherapy #writerswhorun #nuunlife #runningwoman #runningcommunity #shotonpixel #beachrun #runnersofinstagram #pagesandstories

Pearl contemplating life. ☀️🌴🌊 #saturda

Pearl contemplating life. ☀️🌴🌊

#saturdayvibes #weekendlife #writersdog #lifewithpearl #inmyaussiedogworld #downtime #walkingmydog #writinginmyhead #awritersbestfriend #memoirist #writingcommunity #indieauthor #writersofinstagram #pagesandstories

“And I often wonder how my adult fears could be

“And I often wonder how my adult fears could be so much worse than those of my childhood, how my vivid terror of Chiller Theater, what‘s hiding in my closet or under the bed be less than what my rational adult mind could imagine, yet they are, more than, and I no longer have the bliss of youthful sleep to dream away my nightmares; instead my grownup fears keep me awake, breathing shallow, waiting breaths.”—L. Thompson 📝💻📚🌴☀️

#randomsentences #microstory #wordsofmine #memoirist #itellstories #writechat #writingcommunity #writeallthewords #focusonsentences #indieauthor #spilledink #creativenonfictionwriter #amwriting #wordlove❤ #writers#pagesandstories

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