A Fine Frenzy

I run most days.  Usually at White Rock Lake.  Occasionally at the Katy Trail.  And if the weather looks threatening, I stay very close to home and just run in my 'hood.  As far as the habit of running goes, I feel pretty lucky to live in Dallas because rarely do my runs get rained out, and almost never is it too cold!  Lately though, the heat and humidity are a little disgusting.  But I'm acclimating.  It's not so hard for me, because I'm a Texas girl!

White Rock Lake- HOT and HUMID (but still, nice!)

Last week, while in Oregon, I got to run each day at the beach.  I had never before been to a beach when I wasn't wearing a swimming suit.  And hot.  Instead, I started off in light gloves, and even little earmuffs a day or two.  If felt, and looked, very different from my runs in Dallas.

The Oregon Coast!  Cool enough to wear gloves in June!

The common thread in these runs though was the music in my ears...

I always run with my iPod, but sometimes I get lazy and don't load new music on for a long time.  I ran to Micheal Jackson from the very end of June last year (just after he died), until about February of this year.  As much as I love Michael, I ran to him so often, that even Man in the Mirror lost it's impact for a while.

Right before my vacation I loaded some new music on my iPod.  One thing I included was the latest cd of A Fine Frenzy.  I saw them (her) open up for Brandi Carlile a couple of years ago at House of Blues, and bought the cd.  It was beautiful.  And so sad.  I loved it.

A Fine Frenzy came out with a second cd a while back, which I bought the day it came out.  I was expecting sad and beautiful again.  But it was different.  And just because it was something other than what I was expecting, I took it out of the cd player, and then misplaced it for months.  Not sure I'll run to A Fine Frenzy as long as I ran to MJ, but I sure am loving it now! Those songs will always remind me of my cool runs on the beaches of Oregon...