After over 360 blog posts, I have decided to permanently sign off on 2to4aDay and put my energy in a different direction. I’m not entirely sure what direction this will be, but I know it will involve less time in front of a computer.
This blog was an important part of my journey from a productive member of the working class to a lay-about retired person. But it’s time to move on. There’s only so much a person can say about walking 2 to 4 miles a day. And I think I’ve said it all!
So thank you for reading for the past couple of years. Happy trails to us all!
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I dream of hiking into my old age. ~Marlyn Doan
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What I'm Reading Right Now:
Last 100-or-so Books Read
- "Sacrifice" by S. J. Bolton
- "Dog Tags" by David Rosenfelt
- "Awakening" by S. J. Bolton
- "Tinkers" by Paul Harding
- "East of the Sun" by Julia Gregson
- "The Power of Half" by Kevin and Hannah Salwen
- "The Forgotten Garden" by Kate Morton
- "True to Form" by Elizabeth Berg
- "The Opposite of Love" by Julie Buxbaum
- "The Solace of Leaving Early" by Haven Kimmel
- "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave
- "Healthy Aging" by Dr. Andrew Weil
- "Salem Falls" by Jodi Picoult
- "The Wives of Henry Oades" by Johanna Moran
- "The Turtle Catcher" by Nicole Helget
- "Keeping Watch" by Kathy Sletto
- "Olive Kitteridge" by Elizabeth Strouth
- "Pomme de Terre" by Candace Simar
- "Abercrombie Trail" by Candace Simar
- "Half-Broke Horses" by Jeannette Walls
- "Handle with Care" by Jodi Picoult
- "Matagorda" by Louis L'Amour
- "Fall to Grace" by Kerry Casey
- "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
- "The Gargoyle" by Andrew Davidon
- "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by J. K. Rowling
- "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
- "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by J. K. Rowling
- "Dawn of the Dreadfuls" by Seth Grahame-Smith
- "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" by Seth Grahame-Smith
- "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
- "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson
- "Home to Holly Springs" by Jan Karon
- "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
- "The True Story of Hansel and Gretel" by Louise Murphy
- "A Reliable Wife" by Robert Goolrick
- "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks
- "Killer Instinct" by Joseph Finder
- "Two Souls Indivisible" by James S. Hirsch
- "March" by Geraldine Brooks
- "Year of Wonder" by Geraldine Brooks
- "The Hungry Season" by T. Greenwood
- "Half the Sky" by Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
- "When Everything Changes, Change Everything" by Neale Donald Walsch
- "Homer and Langley" by E. L. Doctorow
- "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb
- "Guide to the Great Beyond" by Jane Brody
- "Then We Came to the End" by Joshua Ferris
- "Roads to Quoz" by William Least-Heat Moon
- "Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich
- "The Third Secret" by Steve Berry
- "The Judges" by Elie Wiesel
- "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl
- "The Amateurs" by David Halberstam
- "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
- "The Tender Bar" by J. R. Moehringer
- "The Child in Time" by Ian McEwan
- "Authentic Happiness" by Martin Seligman
- "The Innocent" by Ian McEwan
- "Sail" by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
- "On Chesil Beach" by Ian McEwan
- "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
- "Band of Brothers" by Steven Ambrose
- "The Tall Pine Polka" by Lorna Landvik
- "Julie & Julia" by Julie Powell
- "Life Sentences" by Laura Lippman
- "One Nation Under Dog" by Michael Schaffer
- "Unbelievable" by Stacy Dorn
- "The Devil Wears Prada" by Lauren Weisberger
- "The Weight of Water" by Anita Shreve
- "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
- "Finger Lickin' Fifteen" by Janet Evanovich
- "The Yiddish Policeman's Union" by Michael Chabon
- "Driftless" by David Rhodes
- "The Weight of All Things" by Sandra Benitez
- "City of Thieves" by David Benioff
- "Coop" by Michael Perry
- "Without a Map" by Meredith Hall
- "'Tis: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
- "A Long Way From Home" by Tom Brokaw
- "Black and White" by Paul Volpino
- "Breakfast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- "Don't Kiss Them Goodby" by Allison Dubois
- "The Magician's Assistant" by Ann Patchett
- "Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Agression in Girls" by Rachel Simmons
- "The Hottest State" by Ethan Hawke (I was NOT the intended audience!)
- "A Hope in the Unseen" by Ron Suskind
- "If I Live to Be 100" by Neenah Ellis
- "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
- "The President's Daughter" by Jack Higgins
- "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
- "Under the Banner of Heaven" by Jon Krakauer
- "For One More Day" by Mitch Alboom
- "A Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah
21 comments:
Loved your blog! Best of luck! Still want to stay in touch with you. I am on Facebook everyday, so we can "talk" there.
Thanks for the blog, mom...especially the stories about grandma and grandpa...R
I'm only okay with this if it means you will be working on your book. You need someplace to put your creative writing talent. s.
Thanks for the memories. thanks for reminding me to walk! I'll be going thru withdrawal now because I'd become addicted to a "2to4" fix. DrH
OH no, say it's not so! I am definitely heartbroken. This has brought so many days of smiles and tales of history. Take a hiatus, but don't say you are going to sign off forever. I'll be waiting for a book...or a resuming of the tales of the retired:-)
Thank you for your commentary. I will miss it.
CAH
You do realize how much I will miss your wonderful perspective? Where will I go for guidance? To see what is up ahead? That I found your blog in the first place is really a tiny miracle. I will have many older posts still to read that will keep me going for awhile, but then... I can't think of it. I hope your children know how fortunate they are to have your voice in their lives. Good luck 2to4, You are a wonderfully talented lady, whose words I always looked forward to reading.
xoxo
Dana
Mom, you touch a lot of lives each blog you write. I will miss your writing as it is my connection to you from far away. I look forward to your book that will be published and loved by millions! :)
I will miss you dearly! Can't wait to hear about upcoming adventures in your life.
Oh rats! But, best wishes and Godspeed.
Heck, if I'd known that 10 people read my blog, I might have kept writing! ;)
I can guarantee you have more than 10 blog watchers-most too chicken to comment but I talk to people and they are reading...and people like your Aunt Ellen who get this via her daughter runs off and brings to her..can't write...untold numbers of lurkers:-) Please re-consider..even a blog a month when it strikes you.. Like Brett Farve -you could come out of "retirement" several times.
It broke my heart to hear you are ending your "blog!" Thank you for all the great reads! You are so talented and your entries have really brightened my days! My Norwegian husband and I will miss them very very much! May God continue to bless you and your family! (I'm hoping you will reconsider sometime soon and start up again, so will keep your site bookmarked!)
Happy New Year! 2 to 4, wishing you a year of many blessings.
Mom, come back to write, I really miss you.
I second that motion. We want to hear about the grandkids. We want to hear about the neighbors..did the boys get to school in the deep snow etc... We need prodding and encouragement in leading healthier lives.
Just checking to see if you started up again. Granadma Nettie
I'm checking in too, just hoping you come back...someday maybe.
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