Still Alive

Thoughts on grace, peace, and a bit more.

Surrounded

  Friday, March 13, 2020. So many words and not enough could describe how my life is traveling along. Alone …

Jazzed about the Boat

What a week this has been!! For days I had new hire training to be a ski instructor this winter. …

Why do we climb mountains?

Figuratively, sure. Literally though too! After packing up my gear, and a great debate determining if I still wanted to …

Mud season with no reason

Seasonal depression but probably more than just that.

Svadhyaya

-self study   “He had loved his body. It had been hard and quick and beautiful; it had been useful, …

Romance your senses

It has been sunny, rainy, snowy all in one week. I have experienced 7 inches of snow in May and …

Spring on

  Fast forward to where I am now. A studio apartment that is ALL MINE in Steamboat Springs, Colorado! I …

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 …

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 …

We don’t hide the crazy, we parade it down the street: NOLA

Louisiana, the last of the lower 48 states I needed to cross off my bucket list.   The 49th annual …

Flying from US to NZ

If you’re not feeling good enough I hope you remember what makes you come alive and GO DO IT. Every …

Trampin’ around the southern island

I’ve finally found a place that’s friendlier than Colorado! Driving on the left side of the road wasn’t as hard as …

All scars have a story

There was something captivating about people who were unafraid to be themselves: authentic, unmasked, and unashamed of the wounds that shaped …

Pretty Hurts?

How can we fight it? We present our best selves online. With the prominent rise of simple-to-use photo editing apps …

Teddy Roosevelt’s legacy

Theodore Roosevelt: The early years Theodore Roosevelt entered the White House due to the previous president’s assassination- in 1901, an …

Origins of Marijuana in US Society

What is the social relevance of the current campaign against marijuana? What previous social factors set the stage for the …

Immigrants, now and then.

Old world backgrounds of immigrants and new world background of immigrants America is known as the world’s largest melting pot …

Cheers to you 2016

2016 has been the best year of my life.   I have become a much better person. Faithful to myself, …

Perks of positivity

“You just go where your high-top sneakers sneak, and don’t forget to use your head.” We’re all mad here. One …

The dreamer’s guide to staying warm

Whether you are a snow lover, fighter, or somewhere in between these are some ways you wouldn’t be able to …

Deeds of depression

    It’s guaranteed that you or someone close to you suffers from depression and may not even know it! …

Bangs blog: the beginning

Once I moved out. Like out, out. I became very practical. Thus, the only thing I asked for this last …

Mum takes over CO

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

Oh, Canada! and northern US..

Oh Canada is right. It was somewhat of what I expected, more of what I did not expect. But I’ll …

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 …

Hardworking hearts and hands build homes

Meet our future families Brad, Lauren, Jacob and Avery Choate will be moving into our Habitat home being built in …

Delving in Denver

Colorado is expecting 20 inches this week, so this weekend I decided to beat the snow and spend some time …

A day in the life of spacelyss

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

When you give a mouse a cookie it’s like teaching a baby photography

Not as easy as it may seem

Atlantic to Pacific

The highs and lows from coast to coast

Work hard, play hard

Wiz says it best. That’s why where I come from the only thing we know is work hard, play hard. …

AKB Photography

I have come to believe that we need to re-orient ourselves from within a condition of sufficiency – a “place” …