Bloganuary 2
Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? I do play in my daily life – I think it is my favorite thing to do! “Playtime” looks different depending upon where I am. If I’m at work, I’m working with my boss on new adventures to connect with our community. This […]
Bloganuary 1
What are your biggest challenges? Me. I’m my biggest challenge. You probably thought I’d say cancer is my biggest challenge. Maybe that’s part of it, but the Big C has only been around for 3-4 years while my challenges have been around…longer. Despite my boldness, I’m afraid of everything. I think I developed my boldness […]
Fernan Lake Natural Area, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Writing is hard. Writing for a website where your work is immediately available for public viewing and scrutiny is hard. Writing for the public in hopes of connecting to others in some way is hard. “They” say to write like no one is ever going to read it, to write like everyone is dead, to […]
Charleston, South Carolina, Chapter 2
NNPS Graduation, Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum The last time I was in Charleston, (here) Lolo was graduating the Navy Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC). The step following that graduation is called Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS), or Prototype. That school is still in Charleston, and the students work on actual nuclear reactors for […]
John Pointer Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary Trail, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
24 Christmases as a mom. My first one as what they call an empty-nester. Things 2 and 4 are in the world and chasing happiness. Thing 3 is settling into his first duty station and being a new homeowner in Virginia. Things 1 and 5 are making their way through the Rockies to then slog […]
Stevens Lakes, Murray, Idaho
This is hike 30 in 100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest: Popular among weekend campers, this hike quickly leads from Interstate 90 to an area of quiet alpine lakes in the western reaches of the Bitterroot Mountains. The lakes are situated at the brink of timberline below Stevens Peak and just a ridge west of […]
Waypoint Vets, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Honor the Fallen by Living. Child abuse. Neglect. Racism. Rape. Homophobia. Financial insecurity. Homelessness. Spousal abuse. Religious trauma. Addiction. Human trafficking. War. Suicidal ideations and attempts. Cancer. Unimaginable despair and loneliness. I remember being a young soldier in one of my first college classes and being told that the military is made of individuals with […]
Marie Creek, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
The trees know about the winter about the change about the falling about the loss and they grow anyway Grow anyway. I wanted to hike with SB, a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time. She had invited me on a last-minute trip to Nelson, British Columbia, but I had to decline, so she […]
Upper Coeur d’Alene River National Recreation Trail, Murray, Idaho
Finding ways to feel good in the gap of space between where you are and where you want to be is everything. I was supposed to go on an epic trip to the San Juan Islands on the Washington coast, courtesy of J Go. We were going to stay at her family cabin on Lopez […]
Olympic Coast North: Shipwreck Coast, Olympic National Park, Washington
If walking on Legos for 20 miles sounds fun, I have the hike for you. I have never been angry while hiking until this adventure. Actually, that is not true. There have been a couple of times that Barbarian Scientist’s family did something so offensive that it caused anger, and we went angry hiking until […]