Have I mentioned that I love water? And water sports? By which I mean things like swimming, kayaking, and rafting, and by which I do not mean power boats, jet skis, or anything with gas. (Let’s face it; I’m a human-powered lady, in any sport.) Swimming I can do by …
It’s 11 days until the winter solstice, and these ever-shortening days are feeling rather… short. I know it’s not really soo bad in Portland, but the 4:30 sunset (4:27 today, actually) and 7:40 sunrise is hard. Every year, despite being intellectually prepared for it (“sure, sure, it’ll get dark early, …
At the end of March, I was supposed to run a grueling-looking trail marathon with my dear friend Marisa outside of Las Vegas. I “trained” for it for maybe 10 weeks, and during every single long run I took, my mind would at some point inevitably wander to fantasies of …
I’ve been doing an awful lot of from-home wandering lately, which has been a super fantastic way to get to know our extended neighborhood. I mean, I always wander, but given that I have much more time lately, my wanders have become a little farther-flung and a lot more concentrated …
