Last week I hiked 11 miles with my friend who was visiting from Ohio. There’s lots to talk about on a 6-hour hike. One of our colleagues had just lost her husband, suddenly, at the age of 49. We got into a discussion about how life wasn’t fair. As a kid, I thought that getting […]
Yesterday I went for a short hike by myself. It was probably the first time in years since I always go with at least one dog, sometimes two, and occasionally I’ll have a friend along. I found this local trail I wanted to hike, but it didn’t allow dogs. I mean, what kind of trail […]
Choose one word to guide you through the year.
Your word is your road map and your mirror, and the goal is to align with it.
Last weekend I hiked for 3-days on the Appalachian Trail in Massachusetts with my dog Finn. On day two, we climbed Mt. Greylock, the highest point in Mass. There are many trails to the top of the mountain, starting at various points. In hindsight, I’m sure we chose the steepest, most challenging route. It was […]
Until lately, I have not realized the true value of a good going-out hat and a pair of special-occasion-only Converse. I’m the girl who used to wash her hair every day. Every. Single. Day. Even though my hairdresser told me it’s not good to strip my hair of its natural oils, I washed it anyway. […]
I miss a lot of things these days, but smiles top the list. I have not enjoyed wearing a mask all these months. Steamed up glasses, feeling suffocated and my poor sensitive tugged-at ears are a few of my biggest mask-wearing complaints.But what masks have done to common courtesy saddens me to the core. We […]