martinimade

• From the desk of Emma Lazarus
• It's okay that it is hard.
• Nice melons.
• This has made the rounds before but it gets more meaningful for me each time I read it.
• You should be listening to Conspiracyland.
• Sounds like a great place for a summer home.
• If any of you find yourself in Cooperstown, give me a call. I'm only a few minutes away...
• I want to go here.
• Laura Lippman is my new hero.
• How are your levels of rage? Could you stand a little more? 

And in shameless self-promotion: all about a sweaty, celebratory 5K in Seneca Falls over at another mother runner.

• The Washington Post understands me.
• All of these are true.
• You'd be shocked what you can find in college yearbooks (and I say this as someone who spends a lot of time looking through them).
• Bang Bang Girl Gang.
• This is a huge problem in Otsego County, too, and there are no great solutions.
• Next time I'm in Japan (and there will be a next time), I plan to collect as many of these as possible.
• Megan Rapinoe can tell you where to put your "yes, buts."
• My expectations for pants/trousers is the same.

And some shameless promo: a word or two about the summer and running and giant roosters over at Another Mother Runner.