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Running Proud

A guided run with Coach Bennet
Along the Hudson
On a gorgeous spring day
The blue of the sky
The green of the park
What are you proud of
When you run?
The fact that I can
The fact that I do
How much fun it is
Just me and my runners
My headphones
My running playlist
The way I feel at the end
It’s been a little while since I ran longer than 5km
And here I am
6.43km feels easy
I feel like I could keep going
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Home

The thrill of seeing an extraordinary play
With extraordinary performances
The way the actors seamlessly switched between characters
The delicious inhabiting of different bodies
The walk, the talk
The positioning of the head
The movement of the hands
The use of voice
In speech and song
How a hat can transform a person
Entirely into another being
The magic of theatre
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In Training

Marathon training has officially begun
A sweaty 5km around Yankee Stadium
Discovering gorgeous fairy dens and
Feeling glorious
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Crash Landing on You

I love that my research
Introduces me to musicals
From around the world
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Music and Art

​When I think sheet music
I think black and white
And carefully laid out
Lines and dots
The joy of discovering
A piece of art
About a piece of art
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What was my favorite part of today?
Sitting in Central Park with a friend
Talking about boys and theatre and running
Or sharing a meal with a dear friend
And finally being able to eat a whole meal?!
Eating ice cream in Central Park
Watching the tail end of a game of baseball
Under a bright blue sky
Or staying up late writing music
Figuring out beats and rhythms and
EmPHAses
Or having the feeling that it is ok to feel well
To feel good
Or the feeling good
Feeling like I’m where I’m need to be
Even when it is overwhelming and scary and exciting and good
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A Day Off

I've been saying I want a day off
From having to be anywhere
Well, I got my wish
Though quite not how I'd planned 
Food poisoning
Left me fetal in bed 
For a whole day 
Unable to be anywhere 
Except here 
In my body 
Which was achey and sore and uncomfortable 
And fighting the thought of food 
So I stayed hydrated
And slept 
And binged Grey's 
And after a whole day 
Finally started to feel better. 
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Casual Friday

Meeting a friend 
Downtown
Warm enough to not need a jacket, and
Warm enough to sit outside
Pancakes for lunch, because why not?!
The hum of conversation
The family at the next table getting a group photo
ConGRADulations! 
All the puppies walking by
With their happy tails wagging 
It is indeed a lovely afternoon
​To be out and about 
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LuMinEssence: the mission of finding light in the dark.

Paint Drums

The synchronicity
Of watching a musical 
About making music in NYC
Where the love interest 
Was a street drummer 
Who played the plastic bucket
And schlepped paint drums downtown 
Then coming home 
And seeing a work train
Full of buckets 
​The music is everywhere. 
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Phantom

The joy of being able to watch
A musical filmed live in Seoul, Korea
The beautiful ballet 
The gorgeous costumes and
Stunning orchestrations. 
The magic of theatre 
​Across time and space. 

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