There’s a little pair of tennis shoes on the top shelf of my closet. I should probably pass them along. Siri’s feet are more than twice their size. My younger daughter Quincy last squeezed into them around Christmas. They are orange and have cute frogs embroidered on the sides. The construction is solid, the tread…
I’ve been counting down our spring break trip to Hawaii since January. I’m not kidding– on the January page of our calendar, Siri and I actually wrote the numbers “85, 84, 83….”, numbers that made us both sigh and snuggle down into her bed. It was fun to dream about, even though it was a…
When the days grow longer and the light expands our days, all I want to do is run. I run in the evenings after the kids have had dinner. I run in the afternoons. I run so much that my winter body, not used to such demands on my hamstrings, cries out. But the pain…
As a child, I would do anything to get out of yard work. Time to rake leaves? Oops, sorry Dad, I forgot about the massive science project due tomorrow. Time to weed the garden? Sorry, Mom, I feel ill. As an adult, I found even better excuses. Sorry, honey, I just can’t seem to focus…
It’s easy to dismiss Valentine’s Day. It falls quickly on the heels of Christmas and can feel tacky and commercial. But dismiss it you should not. Valentine’s Day is a great reminder to shower the people around us with love. Here’s a quick list of fun things to do, buy, and see for Valentine’s Day…
It can be a strange to live in a ski town and not participate in any winter sports. Everywhere you go, it feels like you’re missing out on a whole layer of conversation, a whole layer of life. Even in yoga class, a place you’ve gone to forget your powder woes, there’s talk of deep…
With new snow falling like confetti from the sky, it’s the perfect time to party. So get geared up for the San Miguel Resource Center’s Chocolate Lover’s Fling happening this Saturday night, February 2nd. The fling, which is in its 18th year, helps to raise over a third of the Resource Center’s annual operating budget,…
We don’t often eat dinner in total darkness. But at Dinner in the Dark, a January 19th fundraiser organized by Telluride Adaptive Sports Program, guests will have the chance to do just that. They’ll dine on a three-course gourmet meal entirely in the dark and have the chance to listen to guest-speaker Erik Weihenmayer, the…
When traveling home for the holidays, you expect certain things. You expect flight delays and cranky airline personnel. You expect to be bludgeoned by Christmas cookies and family drama the second you walk in the door. And you expect everyone to puke at least once and still pretend to have a good time. But one…
Like many of you, I was deeply affected by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut last week. I wrote this poem in response to the incident. May 2013 bring a more peaceful world. Newsreel A week out. Our minds Battered by the news: Twenty children gunned down at Sandy Hook Twenty children…