I love traveling. I would be a nomad if I could, wandering the world without permanent roots. But I love a man that needs deep roots in order to be happy. Our compromise is to have roots, but travel frequently. I recently returned after being gone eleven days. Four and a half days later, we left again for a shorter trip. Those two outings gave me opportunity to analyze Continue Reading
A Little Known Way to Happiness
Have you ever done something that was way harder than you expected? Back when my husband and I were still dating, we took a trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Unlike the other Boundary Waters trips we’d taken, this one was just the two of us. It was our own private outing. The route we picked looked easy enough with only four short portages. However, it Continue Reading
Who Else Wants Balance?
“There’s no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves” - Frank Herbert I do a number of activities that rely on balance. In rock climbing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, even riding a bike, if I am not balanced, I fall. In fact, the act of staying balanced is more than half the thrill I get out of those activities. So you would think that I should have Continue Reading
A Simple Plan to Expand Your Comfort Zone
During college, I ran outside all winter long. Ann Arbor, Michigan has a respectable winter, with cold and snow. And I still ran. I stayed plenty warm. The only problem was that I had a tendency to cough for hours afterward. My lungs didn’t seem to like the cold air. That was my excuse to stop running outside in the winter when I moved to Minnesota, where the winters are Continue Reading
Do You Really Exist?
How do we know if we exist or not? Not to get too existential, I believe something exists if it has an impact on its environment. Birds exist because they eat worms. Storms exist because they bring so much destruction. Thoughts exist because they can change our actions. I don’t care if all this occurs inside the Matrix; that’s good enough for me. How does this apply to Continue Reading
