Hemmingway, Mom and Heart Palpitations

Ernest Hemmingway has been my muse (one of many) in spite of his misogynistic womanizing ways. I imagine myself as… Read more Hemmingway, Mom and Heart Palpitations

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

What do you do with condo reservations that can’t be cancelled? You call your best ski friends and host a… Read more Skijourn Sisters Rock

While this Sojourn is all about skiing, it is also about rooting around for my roots. As a kid, I… Read more Japanese American Roots—DOJ Prisons, the Crow Baptist Church, WRA Internment Camps

Boyfriends. Girlfriends. Writing friends. College friends. Husband friends. Couple friends. They come in all shapes and sizes, young and old.… Read more Who are your friends? The overlapping circles of friendship.

Thursday night I got a text from Ernest who had conducted our chair ride interview (https://tinyurl.com/s8pafcc ). He had told… Read more Leap Day: Option Two

Over the years I have skied the Park City side of the Park City/Canyons ski area. Last year I took… Read more Moving on to Canyons, now known as Park City Canyons

MARCH 20 My time at Sun Valley came to an end, and my car pointed to Driggs, Idaho, a four-hour… Read more Grand Targhee—Beyond Skiing

It’s ten and a half hours from Elk Grove, California to Sun Valley, Idaho. I had driven two nine-hour days… Read more Sun Valley, Japanese Internment Camps, Bald Mountain and Community Reads

I am sitting at Collins Grill in the Watson Shelter where the Collins lift makes close to a 90 degree… Read more Snowbird and Alta