You may or may not know I went to Queens University of Charlotte for my third of my three attempts at college. I finally got my bachelor’s degree in Organizational Communications there at night and worked there full-time during the day. And I spent a significant amount of time on campus four busy years. Luckily, […]
Three and a half years of practice
On Saturday, I saw the results of nearly three and a half years of practice. It was an almost every day practice. And admittedly, it was an imperfect practice. Yet, I stuck to it. Here’s the magic: Nelson and I were taking our dogs, Marley and Rex, out hiking with us. We were headed for […]
Don’t just do something…stand there!
Last year I wrote a blogpost about what a coffee snob I am. I used this lovely device called a Chemex to make my coffee in. I hand grind my beans with a fancy burr grinder. Sometime in the fall, I broke my Chemex when I accidentally hit it against the faucet in the sink. […]
I touched a tadpole!
On Sunday this past weekend, Nelson and I went kayaking. It had been quite awhile since we’d sat in our boats. Life sort of got in the way with the move to the mountains and the wedding. Happily, Sunday was a gorgeous day. Cascade Lake in Pisgah Forest is a little gem. A friend of […]
Technology is not the boss of you
If you’ve known me for any stretch of time you’ve inevitably heard me rant that technology is not the boss of you. I had an epiphany a few weeks ago that further strengthened my less-than-positive feelings about our over-reliance and fixation on technology being the end-all, be-all answer to what ails us. It happened as […]
Trails, snails, and other hard stuff
This past weekend, Nelson and I packed the dogs into the Subaru and hiked some hard stuff near our new house. It’s been awhile since we’ve done a hearty hike and we all needed it! After picking out a loop hike that we hoped wouldn’t be overly crowded, we strapped on our hiking boots, grabbed […]