Joshua Townsend

Year: 2009

  • Fatherlessness

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    I have finally picked back up The Way of the Wild Heart and started reading it again.  It seems an appropriate week to start reading the book again since it is just past Father’s Day and in light of an exchange with my sister on her blog regarding our own father and our relationship with…

  • Fatter than ever

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    I am 3 pounds heavier now than when I started running three weeks ago. Muscle mass, anyone? 05272009 Widget powered by EveryTrail: GPS Geotagging I am slowly bumping up my distance, running for longer periods of time, and feeling pretty good about it all (although my knees have been screaming at me the past few…

  • Running

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    I have started running again.  Enough of being a fatty.  Today was the 2nd run, and it hurt.  But I’ll probably stick with it – I kinda want to see my boys grow up (despite what my cholesterol says).  Maybe I’ll even throw in some pushups and situps for good measure. I’m roughly following the…

  • Oatmeal Cake and Emerald Sequins

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    My sister posted a note on a family breakfast favorite: ‘Oatmeal Cake’.  As she recalls, we first learned of Oatmeal Cake (a wonderful breakfast dish that my wife refuses to serve me because of the high fat content) at a retreat center up in the mountains of north central Pennsylvania.  Maybe the low-fat version that…

  • Bailout I

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    “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who are not.” – Thomas Jefferson