Barbara Samuel O'Neal is the author of more than thirty award-winning novels, including THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS and

The Secret of Everything
The Secret of Everything

A native of Colorado, Barbara loves teaching, travel, reading, writing, yoga, walking, food, cooking, photography and...okay, reality television.

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Walking meditation

Santa Fe Tail in Colorado Springs. Cell phone photo.

I finally got out for a long training walk yesterday. 12 (or so) miles on the Santa Fe Trail, which runs in a ribbon between the railroad tracks and a fast-running creek. Ravens and blue jays were having skirmishes over best nesting locations. The [...]

Un-training log

CR considerately shared his flu with me, so I spent my Sunday in my little den down in the basement, curled up with comforter, tea, and one very happy dog, two cats, and plenty of oranges.  We watched many, many episodes of Six Feet Under, Season Four.   

HB is redesigning the look of [...]

Training log, week three

m training for the Avon Walk for breast cancer.   I’ll be posting weekly updates on my progress.

Last week, total miles: 22

Miles this weekend:  9.5 yesterday, at the Santa Fe Trail. Perfect day for walking.  Blue sky, slight breeze, temps in the fifties. (Cyclists by the zillions, racing through the mud.  I [...]

Long walk day #2

I am training for the Avon Walk for breast cancer.   I’ll be posting weekly updates on my progress.

Last week, total miles: 21

Today’s walk:

Miles:  10 and a bit, at the Santa Fe Trail, which is a very long trail that runs from Wyoming to New Mexico. Very pretty. 

On [...]

A Writer Afoot….for the cure

I’ve been trying to figure out all week how to set up a little icon for this, but programing is not my strong point, so let me just make my announcement:

I’m walking in the Avon Breast Cancer Walk this year.  It is 39 miles–26 on Saturday, and 13 on Sunday.  I wouldn’t be [...]