I am on my way to embrace the desert and all she has to offer, with her dark nights and starry skies and bubbly Rio Grande AND 100 DEGREE TEMPS but I digress, I’m celebrating the land of liberty in the land of, well, liberty. And desolation. And heat. But before that! We celebrate this…
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But Saturday | Feel Good Friday 062620
Yesterday, Friday, of the Feel Good variety, was a whirlwind! A super exciting, Lyss is confident and happy and on her game again, whirlwind. The whole week was busy, starting with fun family time last weekend up through a trip to the family homestead in small-town Texas and a visit to San Antonio. I’m super…
What Even Is a Holiday Weekend Anymore? | Feel Good Friday 052920
It’s a weird, weird world we live in right now. With racism and censorship overshadowing government control surrounding Covid, it can be overwhelming to know where to focus my attention, and what to write about. What privilege I enjoy; what discrimination I face all the same. So today, like every Friday, we’ll stick to a…
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…
My Quarantine Low Point | Feel Good Friday 042420
Tuesday, my internet went out. For all my technical knowledge I could do nothing except be on hold—chat and phone, through three devices—with customer service for hours. Once I had the tech scheduled for the next day, I suddenly, irrevocably, absolutely could NOT anymore. I could not work, I could not use my hot spot,…
I WANT TO GROW EVERYTHING* | Feel Good Friday 040320
Last week I said I wanted to grow all the things, and this past weekend I spent a large amount of my life doing just that—or at least, planting all the things! Should I move on to Square Foot Gardening?? Grateful for: Nali. That pupper is everything awesome in the world. Slackline shenanigans, rock climbing, coffee…
COVID CHECKLIST Week 3
A special section for special times. This is what kept me covidtained? this week. Last week’s here. Workouts Yard work. This weekend, not only did I plant or pot new trees: fig, avocado, olive, and peach, but my parents, brother, and I all composted and mulched our beds … I hauled 85 bags of mulch…
I’m OK | Feel Good Friday 030620
The events of the past two months have been traumatic. The past two months of my life have absolutely rocked my confidence (irony) and sense of self. Despite my calling 2019 the year of vulnerability, figuring out how to be vulnerable has absolutely carried over into 2020 or I wouldn’t have made it this far.…
FRAMILY | Feel Good Friday 020720
They just feel like home. Y’know when you go home, wherever that is, and there’s just this sigh of relief, like you’re cozy and comfortable and can slip into an old, taken-care-of, unconditionally loved skin? That’s this framily, this group of friends on its third-annual Super Bowl ski weekend in Mammoth. My marriage certificate trio,…
A Feel Good Friday in Two Parts | 011720 & 011020
011720 // Aspen: 1, Lyssa: 0 I returned from last weekend’s Aspen trip fulfilled with friendship, exhausted, and sicker than I’ve been in a long, long time. Like, sick enough that I fell asleep on the DEN>AUS flight in a middle seat without a neck pillow. Sick enough that I still haven’t eaten solid food,…