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I have always prided myself on the fact that I think I would have survived on the Oregon Trail.  I’m hardy, a tough cookie, a survivor. But there is no way I would have survived 69 days in a cave underground. The Chilean miner rescue is one of the most amazing, inspiring stories I’ve ever…

Yesterday, I swung by a girly store to look for some negligee for a friend who is getting married.  As I browsed the skivvies, a woman came up to me and pointed to a particular bra. “This one looks SO GOOD on,” she declared. “Excellent!” I replied.  And… awkward? I thought.  Because who likes to…

After my half-marathon back in April, I quit running cold turkey.  I don’t like to run when it’s hot outside, and I focused more on hiking and mountain climbing this summer.  Because I’ve been insanely active, I didn’t think that it would be that hard to get back into running this fall. Oh, my friends….

I’ve got a few boxes of CDs in the trunk of my car, and I need to move them out.  You know – to make room for the dead bodies. My EP is on sale for half-off – yes, that’s right, just $5!  Now is your chance to get a few extra copies to set…

I’ve decided to write an email today instead of a blog.  I love writing emails, but I’ve been so bad at sending them these days.  So much correspondence has slipped by the wayside.  I have months of messages that I want to respond to, but when I email all day for work, the last thing…

Mankind, sit up and take note. With one seamless effort, I have – once again – proven myself the best parallel parker in the universe.  Gold medal, AP. – – – – – – – – Here are Julie and Mel, my former roommates who were bridesmaids in a friend’s wedding last weekend.  They are…

I told some new friends last night that I’m struggling with some sadness – the death of some hope, the grief of some disappointments.  It’s not depression – because trust me, if anyone knows depression, it’s me – it’s just sadness.  For some legitimate reasons. Sometimes life is just sad. Don’t you sometimes wish that…

Nashville Miranda has been visiting this weekend, and on Saturday, we climbed Quandary Peak in our East Nasty shirts.  Miranda did awesome, because she is a hoss, and this brings my 14er total to 13. Depending on weather, I might climb yet another this coming weekend.  It’s still in the 80s in Denver.  I’m still…

On my 25th birthday, I was hanging off the back of a boat on Lake Washington, all barfy and miserable.  But without that wretched experience, I never would have met the boat owner – who later, after I moved to Nashville, put me in touch with Hunter Lane. And now that I know Hunter Lane, I…

“Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.” This, one of my favorite quotes, is by a man whose name I did not know how to pronounce – that is, until yesterday. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Now, I don’t sprechen no Deutsch.  So the fact…