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Author: Lyssa

About My Deracination / Irony

Last edited by Lyssa on September 22, 2012 at 7:07 pm: deracinate [dɪˈræsɪˌneɪt] vb (tr) 1. to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate 2. to remove, as from a natural environment [from Old French desraciner, from des- dis-1 + racine root, from Late Latin rādīcīna a little root, from Latin…

Feel Good Friday 101912

Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Home. I am so grateful to be home. Home to this silly girl: My incredible extended family. We are so, so lucky to have…

Spring Nails—But You Can Start Now

New York Fashion Week Spring 2013 revealed some way-fun new nail trends, and I was super excited to try one: butter London’s Matte Finish Shine-Free Topcoat. I did this: –> using this:  (the greens aren’t that different, it’s the flash. but the shiny-ness is VERY different!) I was so pleased with the matte effect! It’s amazing,…

Travel Fitness Solution: EMG Live Fitness

On my recent travels, Cait made me go on a 4-mile run and a 6.7-mile run. This, for a girl (me) who hasn’t run longer than sprints since she ran a half marathon from Aspen to Basalt in Summer 2010. Erm, without training. To be clear, I love running in new places and seeing new…

Non-Radio Show Notes

Unfortunately, I had to miss my radio show today due to my grandfather’s funeral. But here are the notes on what I would have talked about had I talked! I’ll be back next week … and Cait will be back too! Tune in every Monday at noon MST on party934.com. Miss me? You can always click on party934podcasts.com and search…

Feel Good Friday 101212

Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! My grandpa passed away this week. He was an incredible man of integrity who had much to teach his grandkids, with a healthy dose…

Fighting Fall Depression

Me being a fall-hater has been pretty prominent on the blog this year (um, here, here, here, and in a facebook album entitled “Trying To Embrace Fall” …). But my autumnal revelation was recorded in this article for DailyHap: Recipe for Fighting Autumn Depression. Click over, read, come back and check out more pics of…

Radio Show #5 Notes

Thanks for listening to my radio show! I was so excited to have my bestie Cait on the show with me, she was super fun and funny! Tune in every Monday at noon MST on party934.com. Click to listen: Life in Aspen October 8 (via party934podcasts.com) Things I talked about: The Aspen Boarding Kennel – with kennel cam! Aspen Democracy…

Feel Good Friday 100512

Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! My radio show. Seriously, how lucky am I that I get a platform to talk, play music, be silly, whatever, every single week? Feeling…