Leaving Santa Fe headed north on I-25 and it wasn’t more than two and a half hours out I was… Read more Car Wrecks and Public Transportation
Category: Memoir
Delayed Take Off
I had planned on hitting the road yesterday to start my Sojourn, but the atmospheric river came through from California… Read more Delayed Take Off
Packing Up
Packing for the month-long road trip should get easier every year, right? This will be year five that I will… Read more Packing Up
Ski Santa Fe
I’ve spent the past five years travelling and skiing solo. So now, is the new chapter going to be different?… Read more Ski Santa Fe
Why I Ski
Yesterday I spent the morning at Ski Santa Fe, not skiing hard, not skiing long, but just skiing. And as… Read more Why I Ski
Six Life Lessons I’ve Learned as a Widow
To use the words of The Grateful Dead, “what a long, strange trip it’s been.” I started these Ski Sojourns… Read more Six Life Lessons I’ve Learned as a Widow
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig.
With a hurt left leg that was swelling and bruising, my return to Denver and the prospect of driving 825… Read more Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig.
At Least It Was a Black Diamond Run
My mother told me I should quit skiing twenty years ago when I was approaching fifty. It was too dangerous,… Read more At Least It Was a Black Diamond Run
My Promise to my Daughter
You may be thinking this will be one of those heart wrenching stories of a mother’s love for her daughter.… Read more My Promise to my Daughter
Things I Love about the Lake
The creek: northern spawn in the spring, white suckers spawn shortly after, minnow buckets for bait. Birds that nest back… Read more Things I Love about the Lake
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