I woke up this morning in my peaceful little alpine ski town to sheriff’s helicopters circling overhead, ordering everyone to shelter in place. Of course. Because this is 2026, and apparently, we are no longer allowed to begin a day with coffee, birdsong and optimism. We begin it with law enforcement aircraft, a stuffed-up nose …
Let’s be honest—I don’t hike 20 miles a day because I’m trying to be the poster child for REI. I hike 20 miles because I want to shove as many gooey, buttery, chocolate-filled calories into my face without feeling an ounce of guilt. And the best part? My dog is right there with me, bounding …
I feel like it was just yesterday that we were traveling through the jungles of India, in a world without toilet paper. This was a perfectly normal situation in India. In India, every toilet has a bidet, even in a filthy truck stop. No one uses toilet paper. I’m sure my boyfriend’s family back in …
I am so very lucky in that I only have been car sick one time in my life. It was the very first time I entered the San Bernardino Mountains and those mountains took my motion sickness virginity. If only I had known in 1985 how much ginger helps combat nausea. When I was …
I should be coming up with a recipe to make my own power bars. They should be gluten free and high in protein and full of coconut oil and omega threes. But I just ran six miles and I’m much more tempted to make cookies at this moment. Unfortunately I happen to be out …