4:45 a.m.—Alarm buzzes annoyingly in my ear. I smack the snooze button. 4:50 a.m.—Alarm buzzes annoyingly in my ear. I contemplate letting it go, then smack the snooze button. “Hike Mount Sopris,” we said. Climb 4,396 feet before the weather hits. Knock it off the bucket list. Everything was packed and ready to go, I … More In hiking my first mountain
One of the things I love most in life is gaining an appreciation of something I’ve become desensitized to. Gaining an awareness of something that I’ve seen a hundred times but have never actually noticed. Such things happen when friends from home come to see… well, home. “Check out those fancy, rustic houses!” “Look at those Christmas-looking trees!” “The weather is beautiful!” … More Seeing Colorado for the first time…again
First off, a HUGE thank you to my readers; your immediate support and encouragement in this blog means the world to me! (and I’m glad I have the pressure to keep it going ) This week was one I was bracing for, now that all of my free time from my job is going directly to … More All about the journey
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