Nine more days, you guys. And 9 more great moments in Olympic history to go! I was thinking again last night about what makes the Olympic Games so wonderful, and I decided that it’s the promise that something of great magnitude is going to happen. An underdog story. A heroic feat. A historic meeting. The Games certainly fulfill their promise, time and time again. So without further ado…
Tag Archives: Inspiring
Great Moments in Olympic History: #9 Abebe Bikila
Filed under BEST Things Ever, Wide World Of Sports
Countdown to the Olympic Games: 10 More Days to Go!
If you ask anyone who knows me, they’ll tell you my three favorite things in life are sports, the UK, and things that happen every four years. Well, what do you know?!? The OLYMPICS are coming!!
We’re 10 days away from the event four years in the making, and I cannot let this gathering of nations pass without celebrating in some way.
The pageantry! The sportsmanship! The possible Kate Middleton sightings! I’m too excited to sleep!
Filed under BEST Things Ever, Wide World Of Sports
A Nod to Writing Legends Passed
To everything there is a season, but it seems to me the recent deaths of some of the writing world’s ultimate greats has been a longer and more brutal season than usual. In the past few months we’ve seen the lives of Maurice Sendak, Adrienne Rich, Ray Bradbury and Nora Ephron come to the end of their final chapter, and I can’t help but feel an overwhelming sentiment for the path they paved and the lessons they taught.
Filed under WORST Things Ever
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