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Author: Lyssa

Covid Checklist Week 14

Cases are going up here in Austin, possibly because of reopening, or mass gatherings like protests, but from a pure numbers standpoint are nowhere near other states’ levels—our highest daily case number is 161 (check the data out here). I’m continuing to be cautious but practical. I also spent the last 10 days on a…

Soul Happy | Feel Good Friday 060520

Just a pure and simple gratitude list, because that’s what we all need right now. Pink Salt canned rosé in so many ways… a Friday afternoon, a river float, a possibility… First Guadalupe River float of the summer. Perfect weather, cold river, cannypack, what a day! My body is inherently good and powerful and for…

Resources / COVID Checklist Week 12

With a public blog, I feel pressure to share something about the racism and subsequent protests going on in our world right now, rather than simply sharing links that might make your individual life better. But, while compassion is the goal and support is the action, equality is my fight but I acknowledge that this…

COVID Checklist Week 11

ELEVEN WEEKS OF SHELTER IN PLACE. Austin opened up last weekend for bars and increased restaurant capacities, and also it’s an average of 1,000 degrees here so looks like locally we’re getting out there just a smidge more. I hung out with people, outside, over the weekend. We’ll see what happens. Week 10. Week 9. Week 8. Week…

Marathon | Feel Good Friday 052220

Y’all the Coronavirus is a marathon. I want to GO. I want to travel, I want to go. on. dates. (I do NOT like the act of dates), I want to go to patios, I want to go the grocery store without worrying about decontamination protocol, I want to gtfo. But, I want to be…

COVID Checklist Week 10

I don’t even know. Week 9. Week 8. Week 7. Week 6. Week 5 here. Week 4 here. Week 3’s here. Week 2’s here. There is no Week 1 because we didn’t know back then. Workouts I finally tried The Class, which is therapy in the guise of calisthenics, and I kind of hated it but loved it at the same time.…

Handling a Sudden Death in a Friend’s Life

Most readers of this blog know that thirteen years ago, my best friend was murdered. There is absolutely nothing that can prepare you for the one-two punch of the grief surrounding death coupled with the trauma surrounding murder. As a person who experienced this exceptionally painful event, I have some very strong opinions on how…