I haven’t smoked a cigarette in a week, but I did want one so badly I cried about it on Wednesday. Here’s what it was like; It was like it’s been this horrible, broken year of reckoning and failure and fear and anger, and I’ve been smoking a lot. Like, yeah, Covid affects your lungs […]
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Something happened last night. I want to talk about it. First, let me tell you about this debate I lost in high school. See, I’d dropped out in my freshmen year so I could earn dual credit at the community college and also spend all my time riding horses, but they still let me be […]
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The wildfire season this year was out of control. It was the scariest, most apocalyptic thing I’d ever seen…or not seen. I mean I could stand at the trailhead leading down into Smith and couldn’t see the rocks for the smoke. I drove extra slow because I couldn’t see more than a car or two […]
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(We could all use a break from politics and impending doom, so here’s a funny personal story I wrote a while back and never shared.) Last Summer I had a sexual experience with a guy that I’ll never forget. It sparked so much learning and growth and a new wave of trust and excitement I […]
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My new roommates and I went to Whole Foods the other day. We wore our cute, personalized cloth masks and after waiting in line out front of the store, six feet apart from other parties, we got inside and quietly roamed the store, giving space to all the other masked shoppers. Everyone was in a […]
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A woman at my work recently told me her therapist had told her that quitting smoking was so difficult, because smoking is the one time during the day you take conscious, deep breaths. Breathing is important. Intentional breathing is healing. Have you ever finished a yoga class and gotten into Savasana and started crying? I […]
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I wrote this for my friend Lizzy, who owns She Moves Mountains. I figured I might as well share it here as well. 🙂 I want to avoid cliches, but climbing has absolutely changed my life and I’m gonna spend my last breath ranting about it. I started climbing in a gym because I was […]
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