Author Archives: Bruce Pegg

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About Bruce Pegg

I write about running, music and spirituality.

Photo Essay: Running Rehoboth

For the third year in a row, I went on vacation while preparing for a race. Two years ago, I was in the middle of Boilermaker training, shredding a perfectly good pair of shoes on the hard cinder railbed of the Danvers … Continue reading

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Review: Sakyong Mipham’s Running with the Mind of Meditation

Two runners. The same, first marathon. Two injuries. And two totally different outcomes.

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April Training Update

For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the message was lost. For want of a … Continue reading

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A Brief Biography of God Part Two: The Awkward Teenage Years

So God’s biography begins with humans attempting to provide a very basic and primitive explanation of creation. Some ancient societies imagined multiple gods and goddesses responsible for different natural phenomena—the sun, water, the seasons, nature’s bounty were all personified by human-like … Continue reading

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Days of Future Past: A Conversation with Casey Rae (Part 2) (From the Archives)

In the second part of The Guv’nor’s conversation with Casey Rae,Chief Executive Officer of the Future of Music Coalition, Casey takes an in-depth look at the death of the old music business model and the uncertain development of future models. But it’s … Continue reading

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Days of Future Past: A Conversation with Casey Rae (Part 1) (From the Archives)

Few inhabitants of the music world are as well placed to comment on its current state, and to offer a glimpse of its possible future, as Casey Rae. In his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Future of Music Coalition, … Continue reading

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A Brief Biography of God Part One: The Early Years

The image of God, or of a supernatural being or beings somehow controlling the universe, must have entered the human brain very early in our history on this planet. Creationists and evolutionists and everyone in between, I think, can agree … Continue reading

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Chuck Berry – Roll Over Beethoven

In 2003, Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven” was selected by the National Recording Preservation Board–the Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress–to be inducted into the National Registry. Late in 2014, I was asked by Cary O’Dell of … Continue reading

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366 Words About Nothing

This blog is about nothing. Well, not exactly. It’s about something. But just as Seinfeld was a show about nothing that somehow managed to fill 180 episodes with something, this blog will try to make something out of the nothing … Continue reading

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A Brief Biography of God: Prologue

Originally written in 2007 under the title “A Short History of God,” this series of essays lay out the foundation of my personal beliefs about religion and spirituality. Much of what I say here will be familiar to readers of … Continue reading

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