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Road trip to Canada
Rob and I have just returned from an incredible road trip and vacation in Canmore, outside of Banff National Park in Canada. It wasn't just the scenery that was beautiful; the distance from the noise of our world today was respite we both needed. We decided to drive...
Good-bye Ruby
She was a steady ride without chattering on the downhill and comfortable for the long rides I once did (including my first century). Many years of feeling free and alive filled with gratitude that my legs could still pedal. Ruby taught me to be less fearful on...
Whispers
We gather in coffee shops, at the community pool, in exercise classes or over a glass of wine and we whisper about sexual assault abortions sexism, racism and the masculine attachment to assault rifles and after awhile our voices are no longer whispers our words...
Never Again
If evil in the universe was a given, how to fight against it? How to live a life filled with joy while holding this awareness? When I was in high school, a friend of mine invited me and a few others to her home in the next town over. Her grandfather was there, and he...
Modalities for emotional regulation
This is a marathon. When my oldest daughter was roughly three, we clashed. If she misbehaved, I lost my temper. It was like she pushed all my buttons and I didn't know how to deal with the situation. A wonderful family therapist was recommended and she changed...
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Sometimes we label things without digging in and exploring what the working world will look like for our daughters and sons. We don't ask ourselves, just what is it about diversity, equity and inclusion that rubs us the wrong way? Which one of those things is a...
What I Read in 2024
Every time I buy a book, I delight in thinking I am helping support writers, without whom the world would be quite bleak and narrow. Before I go to bed each night, I read for up to an hour. I disconnect from all devices and find my way into another human being's...
A fighter lives in my anxious heart
It’s going to get bad yet I prefer to keep my head out of the sand gather my power around me like a shawl which might be tattered and worn and not particularly bright but I know how to embroider with bright thread and I’m finding a fighter lives in my anxious heart...
