About HappyAgingRunner

I am still very much a WordPress novice and am frequently baffled by how some things work and/or why some do not work.

It seems to be standard to have a link from the home page to an “About” page, but I cannot figure out how to do this, so I just wrote a blog post. (Hopefully I can fix this at some point in the future.)

I started this blog in order to increase my knowledge, understanding, and enjoyment of my hobby of running (and related activities), which is something that brings joy to my life and hope that I can find pathways for maintaining and improving my health, happiness and ability to contribute to the same among those in my “zone of influence.”

I do not currently have a clear picture of who my audience might be, other than myself. In fact, I think it is possible I will be the only audience with interest in this blog.

My rate of blog-writing has been slow.

Initially, I would sit down in my reclining chair with my standard post-Saturday morning run big bowl of oatmeal (plus berries, kale, flax meal, hemp hearts, acacia fiber, cinnamon, beet root powder, etc.) and work on my laptop computer until I was done eating, which usually was not long because I am always hungry after running.

As I started trying to put more time into this project, one of our dear cats, Bernie, became a major impediment to progress.

We have two cats. They have always enjoyed keeping me company when I sit in the recliner (see Figure 2, from six years ago). Our senior cat, Parker, likes to sit on my legs, which does not impede working on a laptop that much (except for preventing me from getting up at will). Our junior cat, Bernie, has always been a lap-user. When he was younger, Bernie fit reasonably well in the space in front of my laptop, so I could still work on it. However, Bernie has gotten a lot bigger (his current weight is 16.3 pounds!) and now when he lies on my lap there is just no space for my computer and any blog-writing has to wait (see Figure 3).

If you have any thoughts to share about my blog posts, please leave a comment (as long as the comment isn’t mean, that is).

I can also be reached at HappyAgingRunner@gmail.com.