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William Hazel Writes


The Little Things
The drip in the laundry ticks a slower time. I wonder where the water is going while watching sugar ants soldier march counter to sink...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Aug 3, 20242 min read
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March Sanity
I was pummeled by the flu and bought a new pair of shoes. And M accepted the virus as her own and bought a new pair of pants. And one...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Mar 24, 20242 min read
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In These Last Hours of Winter
Instead of the rush for spring, I choose to linger in these last hours of winter. In the splash-colored backdrop of daffodil and tulip...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Mar 18, 20232 min read
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Raising New Fences
We raised new fences and the backyard smells of fresh milled pine. We being an expression of the gathering of craftsmen and apprentices...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Feb 25, 20232 min read
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The January Gym
The January gym reeks of resolution and self-loathing. New faces in new clothes staining in the sweat of want and willpower and...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Jan 22, 20233 min read
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Resolution Run
and a quest for large mimosas The 10am 5K start felt far from resolutory. Dawn would have impressed. Shivering in the New Year’s frost at...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Jan 14, 20233 min read
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December Journal
Thoughts of family, belonging, and boundary The rain falls easy thick on the last day of December. I am warmed with coffee and the...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Dec 31, 20223 min read
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Running To Zen - A Marathon Journey
Now available on Amazon Books My first book is about running. Running from not being able to run to running a marathon. I didn't write it...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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How Yoga Ended My Back Pain In Six Months
An eighteen-wheeler introduced me to real pain. After suffering a major trauma in a collision with a vehicle ten times bigger than my...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Sep 1, 20223 min read
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Beyond Mile 20 – Three Lessons of the Marathon
I had never run a step beyond 20 miles. That was my limit. That was the longest of my long runs. Like many first-time marathoners, I had...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Feb 1, 20225 min read
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Doing Yoga at Home - Three Great Resources
Yoga changed my life ten years ago. The transformation, of course, didn’t occur in the first class. The process of personal metamorphosis...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Oct 6, 20215 min read
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