Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on March 12, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
With my face feeling a little on the crispy side this evening I sit on the porch and write tonight’s blog. It a wonderful feeling to be writing outside again instead of stuck wandering for the perfect location. There is something about the cool breeze hitting my face as I......
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Posted on March 10, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
To some this post will be like a broken record to others it will be the beginning of the story. For me it’s a chance to look back at it all and take a second to catch a deep breath before diving back in. For those that have been reading......
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Posted on March 9, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
What is the optimal body? Is there a perfect body? We all know there isn’t an answer to these questions and yet we strive for perfection each day. We either look in the mirror each morning and recognize our imperfections or even worse avoid the mirror all together for fear......
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Posted on March 8, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
The Winter Death Race, in many ways the little sibling to the Summer Death Race but not one to be taken lightly. After having spent over twenty one hours helping out at the 2011 Summer Death Race I thought I knew the drill. This is the genius of the Death......
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Posted on March 6, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Often we measure the path to greatness in successes and failures. We rejoice in the things we have accomplished and bury the things we have failed at. Can we succeed in failing? Is it possible to not reach the finish line and yet rejoice? We enter races with an eye on......