How can I learn to love winter as much as summer? Why am I thinking about winter right NOW? Right now I should be thinking about graduation parties without having to wear COVID masks, hot walks down the dusty lake road after dark, fireflies. Right now I should be loving long summer drives without ice, […]
I did all of the things this weekend. I painted, I did yard work, I met a friend for coffee and went to a farmers market. I went rock climbing at the recently re-opened Cornell Climbing Center. I went hiking, once for Chief’s 10th birthday and again on my way home from climbing to knock […]
Do you ever think to yourself “when was the last time I was really, truly, peacefully, absolutely happy?” I can tell you when it was for me. It was Thursday. I took a guided class with REI to go rock climbing in the Shawangunks, near New Paltz, NY. The weather was perfect, the guide was […]
Ok, this one’s entirely on me. The last dumb adventure me and my husband took was a joint effort. We wanted a specific generator and I maybe nudged him into taking an 8 hour drive on a work night to go get one. This dumb adventure is 100% my fault. The prize is two battered […]
I don’t really like bouldering. That’s rock climbing without the harness and ropes, so you usually stick pretty close to the ground. Don’t get me wrong, bouldering has some positives. You don’t need any equipment except some shoes, you don’t really need a partner, but should have a spotter. It’s technically more difficult so you […]
Last night I had a dream that the floor was lava like the game you would play as a kid. Only in the dream walking on ground was like being underwater and you had to step up onto something to get a breath. It was a short dream but when I woke up I thought […]
Originally for this weekend I had a whole afternoon planned for me and my husband that I liked to call “Maple Climbing”. The afternoon of my imagination went something like this: On Saturday morning (because I am a morning person and my husband is not) I would make rock cakes while he slept. For lunch […]
The first thing I’d like to say is that the Rock Climbing gym smells really and truly terrible. It’s like a mixture of uncleaned hoarder house, bare feet inside old bowling shoes, and sweaty gym clothes. I find it oddly comforting. In some ways it’s safe to say that rock climbing is what started me […]
