Monthly Archives Oct 2014
Couchsurfing with a family
October 30, 2014
If you can't travel the world right now, you can bring the world into your home.
The Von Trapp Family on the Appalachian Trail
October 25, 2014
Off trail we are known as the Tougas family but our trail community knew us as the Von Trapp family.
Tenacious Bling
October 23, 2014
It's taken raising a fashion conscious, clothes loving, and sometimes makeup obsessed pre-teen to show me what many women already know and appreciate in their lives: personal appearance can provide the canvas for a wellspring of creative expression.
Already laid bare
October 19, 2014
I am ready for a time of simple beauty, of finding refuge in coziness and warmth, finding refuge period.
For Thanksgiving
October 15, 2014
Singing together old church choruses, with the rich alto harmonies and male tenor I've known since the womb, is like coming home for me.
The beach at high tide
October 10, 2014
I'm not knowledgeable about the tides but yesterday there was no beach to walk or sit on, only wind-whipped waves crashing against the rock walls.
More than a fuzzy feeling
October 9, 2014
I am extremely gratified at the character traits I see in my children. Determination, tenacity, long suffering, responsibility, sacrifice, kindness. Equally though and perhaps more importantly, I am thrilled that hope is the fruit of that character growth.
An unraveling of sorts
October 5, 2014
I am doing what comes naturally to me, what I am strong at, and feel confident in: creating a structure to help me solve a problem.
Where I'm at
October 2, 2014
After nine months of pushing in directions that were uncomfortable for me, growing because of that, but also reaching my breaking point, I don't need a staycation.
