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Lucca Nello Tursi: A Birth Story
Limp, blue, and with lungs full of gunk, Lucca Nello Tursi made a memorable entrance into this world. As icing on the cake, he left a perfect poop-emoji dump on the floor of the operating room. Everyone had a good laugh about it once he started crying. Here is his...
How To: Make Safe Backcountry Decisions To Avoid Avalanches
This post explores how to make safe decisions and avoid avalanches in the backcountry, specifically for backcountry skiers. The snow rushes past in a swift river of movement. The slough was kicked off by my turns above, and the loose powder is now flowing through a...
Dear Turns All Year: I Quit
Dear Turns All Year, We need to talk. After nearly nine years together, I think it’s time we take a break. It’s not you, it’s me. I just feel like we want different things… You know what, I can’t lie to you. After 107 months together (not that I’m obsessively...
Actually the Most Offensive Word
Today's the day. The big deadline that's been giving you hives for at least three weeks, or maybe four, and has pegged your anxiety level between a six and an eight on most days is here. Now, finally, it's time to present your months of hard work. And you nail it,...
How We Lost It
How We Lost It is the final chapter of a three-part series exploring our not-so-straightforward pregnancy/fertility journey. Visit Musings of a Maybe-Mama for Part I, and How I Told Him for Part III. A dull ache persists in my abdomen, on the lower...
How I Told Him
Three soft horns protrude from the woven green fabric at odd angles, black eyes nestled in between. Made to resemble a triceratops, I bought these baby booties to help me with a surprise for my husband. We’re having a baby. He thinks I got my period last week.
Musings of a Maybe-Mamma
This, Musings of a Maybe-Mama, is Part I of a three-part series exploring our not-so-straightforward pregnancy/fertility journey. Check back soon for Parts II and III. I may might be pregnant. For 6-months my husband and I have been sort-of, but-not-really, trying. We...
Introducing The Tidy Table
You snap the tab at the corner and peel back the cover of your bite-sized packet of Nutella. Its nutty, chocolatey goodness instantly coats the inside of your nostrils. Picking up the knife, you gingerly paint the perfect piece of toast in a fine layer of your...
Turns All Year: 8 Years (Month 96)
This is what it looks like to participate in turns all year for 8 years (96 months)... My phone is tucked safely beneath the tulle of my tutu's waistband. I'm climbing up the Muir Snowfield with skis and skins on my feet, enjoying the sunny skies and cooling kiss of...
