Balancing Life with Love, Laughter, and a Little Bit of Moxie!
It’s been 4 years (6/23) since my hiking accident. You can’t tell from this picture but I’m pretty beat up, scratched up, and bruised…and yet I still love the mountains and hiking. I even wrote THIS blog post about my experience. The thought of what could’ve happened if I would have failed to listened to […]
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Recently my town was in a hot debate. The school district and teacher’s union had been in heated negotiations regarding the current school year as well as for the next school year. These negotiations had been going on since last spring and the school district wouldn’t budge—it seemed the teachers were headed for a strike. […]
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When we moved here in 2015, I hiked almost every week. I loved it! I loved the serenity and the beauty of the trails. A particular trail, The Homestead Blue Ridge Trail in Winters, CA, I had wanted to hike on for some time. The pictures that I had seen from friends and other hikers were gorgeous […]
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The “safety pin” symbol was inspired by the 2014 #illridewithyou movement in Australia where people offered to sit with Muslims who felt threatened on their commutes due to fear of an Islamophobic backlash after a terrorist attack in Sydney. A similar concept (#safetypin) was designed after British people and immigrants received harassment and attacks from […]
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Dear Friends and Family: It has been a long year. Primaries. Conventions. Debates. “Scandals.” Polls. Voting. And now, finally, the election is over. Donald Trump is president elect. The Republicans now control all the branches government. The conservatives must be excited.
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Every year on this date I unfold and quietly read an old letter that is always kept folded neatly inside a pouch with other old letters and pictures. This one, unlike the others, has no envelope, is written quickly, and is written on the wrong side of the paper. The letter is one that I […]
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