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2025: The Year of Surprise AND DELIGHT

2025 is undoubtedly going to be surprising. Many of the things that happened late this year in 2024 (NOT peaceful things despite my 2024 word of peace) are setting 2025 up to be a doozy. What will happen?! NO ONE KNOWS! Least of all me! Which is fun and exciting and terrifying and requires a…

Skiing | Feel Good Friday 122724

The joy of skiing. Sometimes I shock even myself with how much I love skiing. It’s honestly such a pain: layers and special socks and what boots to wear pre- and post- ski boots and layers after ski and how to keep your hair from freezing and hauling all the gear and stuffing your pockets…

Top 10 Things to Do in Idaho Springs, Colorado

We’ve now had our lil cabin in Colorado for a year—hard to believe!—and are gearing up to spend the last two weeks of the year in that cozy, beautiful place. Here are the top ten things I’m looking forward to doing in the wonderful little town of Idaho Springs. Note: this doesn’t include skiing (Loveland!)…

Thanksgiving | Feel Good Friday 120624

The biggest day of gratitude! What a coast-to-coast whirlwind the last week has been but I am grateful for my family, the opportunities, and my new, bigger family on the east coast! Holiday season is here, and boy is it packed with activities! I am so excited to catch up with so many people and…

Austin/Texas Edition: Checklist 97

Everything’s coming up Austin (and Houston, and Amarillo) in this checklist. READ ‘EM A journalist I worked with decades ago has written a book about Austin. I have not read it yet, but I can only imagine it’s as nuanced and thoughtful as the rest of his reporting. PACK YER BAGS Yellowstone recently shot and…

Black Friday Research List

It feels like Black Friday is coming earlier and earlier every year. I am trying to take advantage of the advance sales to stock up on things I use or have been wanting to try, and to avoid shopping online on actual Black Friday as my fam will be swanning about in a luxury 80s…