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Download copied? Check. Latest editions of Athlete Handbook and Rules on iPad and laptop? Check. Staff schedule made? Check. Strip charts set up on iPad? Check. To-do list created for set-up day? Check. Dark chocolate raisins acquired? Check. Boarding passes … Continue reading →

My friend Barb died last week. She was a fencing friend—one of those people from the opposite coast who I saw only at national tournaments. She was also one of the people who taught me how to run tournaments in the … Continue reading →

We made our (mostly) annual trip to the State Fair last weekend. Our usual ritual is to hit the livestock barns first (my husband as a kid often spent summers on relatives’ hog farms in Iowa—he thinks manure smells good) … Continue reading →

I’ve now been home from Atlanta for more than a week. Physically, I’m mostly recovered: my once-swollen ankles are back to normal, my sinus cold has vanished, I’m no longer constantly thirsty, and—though I still drop off to sleep remarkably … Continue reading →