Mountain Me

31 years ago today, my mom, who was 57 at the time, passed away.  31 years, that's over 11,315 days, and I have thought about her and mi...

I did try to give up coffee.  Really I did try.  I made it almost a month but honestly, I never popped out of that zombie stage and went thr...

I've been thinking a lot about what summer means and what makes summer feel like SUMMER.  So here's my list of things, sort of the m...

Every summer I pick a pile of books and get reading.  I give myself a guideline of choosing one book from 5 different categories:  bestselle...

We needed to run into Seattle on Tuesday and it was an overcast, blurry day.  Perfect for some Ivar's fish and chips and chowder.  It wa...

My two favorite dads.... me with my dad, November 2010 my son on left and my husband, hands in air, having some coaster fun Hope ...

Awesome little run today.  I have this workout I call "up/down".  Basically it's leaving the house, hiking up past the beer ca...