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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...
18 Outdoors People Who Need Wikipedia Pages
Wikipedia has a bias problem. Join the efforts to change the narrative about who belongs in the outdoors by helping create pages for these 18 people. My friend Allison Cusick is an Antarctic Oceanographer. She spends a lot of time in the lab and about three months a...
The Uncomfortable Reality of Beacon Boob
I inadvertently kicked off a beacon storm with a post on Instagram complaining about wearing my avalanche transceiver. Specifically, I was griping about wearing it in a harness instead of in a pocket. Like most outdoor products, beacon harnesses/holsters are designed...
SheJumps Board Members: Q&A with Kristina Ciari
COVID has made it hard to motivate to write for my own blog of late. But I've still done a lot of writing. I contributed a few blogs lately to SheJumps, and just completed the next edition of Mountaineer magazine. I'm working on a few posts for the coming weeks. In...
Look What COVID Made Me Do
If you had told me two months ago I’d be knee deep in research about learning how to play the bagpipe, I would have knocked you upside the head with a cantor (which, for the uninitiated, is the bagpipe instrument part thingy). I’m not alone in a sudden change of heart. Lots of us are doing things we never would have considered before. Thanks to social media, I’ve compiled a list of said things, which I’m calling: Look What COVID Made Me Do!
9 New FKTs To Earn During COVID-19
An FKT, or Fastest Known Time, is a speed record on any given route. First popularized by “extreme” athletes, FKTs became mainstream with the launch of Strava and their King/Queen of the Hill designation. Soon, all sorts of “athletes” were setting “records” for any...
