There is a sign in the cabin used as a gathering place for cavers since the 1970s that says: This is about doing something difficult and not stopping when it becomes not just difficult but cold and difficult or cold and wet and difficult or cold and wet and difficult and dark. And here we […]
My mom has been occupying this earth for about 22,265 days. And she’s awesome. For her birthday we got endless crab legs. We drank expensive whiskey. We gambled, swam, went in a hot tub and walked funky hotel carpets from our room to the casino and back so I could get my 10,000 steps in […]
This weekend I made some good choices and some bad choices… Good: Morning yoga on the lawn of Krookid Leyk Distilling with Alarius YogaBad: Mixing gin, vodka, rum, and whiskey with pretzel charcuterie board Good: Playing with my niecesBad: Letting them perform magic spells with handfuls of dirt Good: Stewarding the gorges on Cornell University […]
I just spent 3 perfect days in Acadia National Park. It was beautiful. The temperature was just right. We climbed at Otter Cliffs. We hiked the Beehive and South Bubble trails. We ate lobster rolls. We were our very best and very happiest selves. At least, I know I was. And then I came home […]
I found myself almost uttering these words as we listened to fireworks explode over Binghamton and Vestal and regretted not going to a hill above the city to watch. It was a perfect, hot 4th of July night and we were walking the dog and trying to catch a glimpse of the action. The thing […]
The air is poison. Wildfires in Canada are making a smoky haze here. It’s sunny but you can’t see blue skies for the smoke. Spending time outside gives my coughing fits. For some reason this has gotten me thinking about why it is so hard to do easy things that are good for you? Especially […]
Well, technically, we’re not contagious anymore. So we went on a date night that I’d booked before we got sick. We just promised each other we’d stay upright for the whole thing. Life goes on even when you feel like garbage. We took a cooking class and made shrimp, bruschetta, stuffed mushrooms, flatbread pizzas and […]
Let me just put it out to the world that I love a homemade Christmas gift. Like to the point that I feel it should be a requirement. No more fancy, expensive crap for Christmas, save that for birthdays, homemade items only. If only I thought myself capable of revolutions, I would spearhead this one, […]
