Still Alive

Thoughts on grace, peace, and a bit more.

Mud season with no reason

Seasonal depression but probably more than just that.

Vibrancy

To love and let go. Graceful living can be found if one is able to love and let go. Forgiveness, …

Showing off Steamboat

I had visitors the past two weeks! That is why I am one week behind on my posts that no …

Livin’ well

Today I woke up early and raced into Steamboat for a shift at the climb gym before the sun had …

Dam degenerates!

You can survive without the essentials. This goes less for camping and more for most other things. Like forgetting your …

Take me home country road

    Don’t write a book, write a page.…   Things I can control, my future, the next place I …

Earthy earthlings, space for earth day

  I am thankful for all the older movies with Robin Williams and newer. Also when Nathan Lane is in …

Happy to be in Hawaii

Come with nothing, leave with everything. Not exactly true but feels like I am leaving Hawaii with a full heart. …

Aloha

I cannot believe I have been keeping up with this! It is the most I have typed and posted in …

March on

Grateful for people with contagious laughs. Friendships with a loving, teasing aspect. Coffee’s ability to clean ya out, if yanno …

Reasons to be grateful, AH SO GRATEFUL

After a spiral downward, I feel as though I am now on a spiral upward. I give credit to my …

Lucky Number 7?

It’s the 7th week of the month. 7th was supposed to be a lucky number of mine according to astrology. …

From PA to GA

Week six of the year was mostly in the sticks, back out in the woods with a new crew to …

6 notes about nature therapy

Some notes from my experiences in college and as an outdoor guide and trip leader in Colorado. I answered these …

End of January, Firsts in February

  5 weeks in a row I have stuck to writing and posting. 5 gratefuls. I am grateful I had …

4 sunshines 4 week 4

Cheers to January! Hope everyone had a great weekend and especially hope whoever is reading this did. I got carried …

Displacements of Americans

Displacements. It’s no secret that families are being displaced and separated within the United States. Additionally, this isn’t the first, …

How total discomfort leads to finding your bliss

Whether being uncomfortable involves cliff jumping, mountain climbing or talking to a stranger in a foreign town, all of the …

Top 8 Beaches in Christchurch, New Zealand

:According to Christchuch’s travel website I have already been to all of the best beaches in and around the area! …

Why Pikes Peak is the best place to live in the United States

This weekend, all of the mountain passes in Colorado closed on Friday night. It was amazing that we made it …

Tapas

Ride the heat Tapas, like most Sanskrit words, means many things to many people.  Most simply, tapas is heat, specifically …

Mum takes over CO

July 7 – 11 my mum visited me. Pittsburgh to Colorado and her first time flying alone. I picked her …

What life is like to work inside but crave the outdoors

Are you wondering? It’s a constant struggle and the longer you sit the less you want to. I mean this …

Dear stranger

I just read something great and wanted to respond. This is an article written from the mother’s perspective with the …

Zucchini Pizza treatin’ ya

My aunt got this recipe in 7th grade home economics class and it’s been in the Baker family for over …

Helping or enabling?

Helping OR Enabling?? Is there really a difference between helping and enabling? What is enabling? What are the causes and …

Cultural barriers: Eradication of Poliomyelitis in Nigeria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan

Cultural barriers: Eradication of Poliomyelitis in Nigeria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Alyssa Baker- University of Pittsburgh   Table of Contents Abstract …

Freedom through the Yoga Sutras

1.1 Atha yoga anushasanamNow, the teachings of yoga. Anu- that follows, in conformity withShasanam – discipline, administering execution, being systematic …

X-Games in Aspen

I am grateful for the mountains. I am grateful for nature. I am grateful for a bellyful. I am grateful …

CO: Snowskate Central

A snowskate is a hybrid of a skateboard and a snowboard, intended primarily to allow for skateboard-style tricks on the snow. There …

Ways of the wolves

The Wolf has appeared conspicuously throughout history.  In modern culture, we associate wolves with negative qualities such as the darkness …

KKK: then & now

The goal of the Ku Klux Klan, according to it’s leader, was to protect “the interest of those whose forefathers …

Travel bugs bite hard

Today I led Michael in a modified yoga class for his ailments. I am loving his eagerness to learn from …