Keepin' it real


Hard Stuff

Hard Stuff

It was an emotionally difficult week, they come and go like this. Though I like it best when they go.

Ringing in the New Year

Ringing in the New Year

Christmas 2014 and looking ahead to 2015.

Checking in

Checking in

This is how I process with writing. I write, talk, write, read, write and maybe cycle through the whole thing again, and eventually I publish. But this kind of writing does not lend itself to a fast turn around on the blog.

Already laid bare

Already laid bare

I am ready for a time of simple beauty, of finding refuge in coziness and warmth, finding refuge period.

An unraveling of sorts

An unraveling of sorts

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

Where I'm at

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.

Off trail

Off trail

Even with my grief I am stronger emotionally than I have been for a long time. I'm finally on solid-ish ground instead of the constant shifting reality of long distance hiking.