How to Write When Time is Scarce: Meet the Bunny Hop

By Lorraine Comanor

Lorraine and Zoey

Though I prefer writing in the mornings, I often don’t have much time to spare between walking my dog Zoey, a healthy breakfast, and a 30-minute commute to my 9 a.m. fitness class. With barely 15 to 20 unspoken-for-minutes, I’m left with just enough time for bunny hop practice.

The bunny hop is one of figure skating’s most elementary jumps—a forward glide on one foot, hopping to the toe pick of the other, and landing back on the forward outside edge ...