When I was eight years old, I set up a little card table on the front lawn to sell my drawings to the neighbors. I wanted to raise money to buy myself a piano. My grandmother played jaunty old-fashioned tunes on her piano, and I was fascinated with how her fingers flew over the keys. I was sure I could learn to do the same. It seemed to be about speed. As long as my fingers moved fast enough across the keys, I decided, the songs would come out.
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DO THE HARD THING: An Exploration in 4 Parts
How do you do the hard thing? And how do you know when you’ve got it right?
Some years ago I found myself on a ropes course with a partner. High in the air, the object was to use teamwork to maneuver ourselves across twin tightropes to the opposite platform. We wore harnesses, and a safety net stretched below, so technically we couldn’t fall to our deaths. My partner turned to me for guidance. “Let’s just see how far we can get,” I said.
Bike Clubbing, or Tales of a ‘B’ to ‘C’ Rider
In October 2020 when the local bike shop said it would cost more to repair my 25 year old mountain bike than it was worth, my husband Jon convinced me to trade it in for a sleek red Trek Domane road bike. Growing up, my dad had a bike store and I always rode aContinue reading “Bike Clubbing, or Tales of a ‘B’ to ‘C’ Rider”
Lisa Meltzer Penn 