With the holidays just around the corner, my weekly phone calls with my sister and mom have lately focused around where and when we will find time to celebrate the holidays together. It might seem early, but it’s nearly one month before Thanksgiving and two months before Christmas. Wow! And it’s going to be here sooner than we think! It’s time to plan parties and gatherings, and take time off work. (more…)

Can you feel the crisp, autumn air? The mornings are getting chilly, maybe smells of chimney smoke, and falling leaves? Drinking hot tea to warm the core up. Meals are beginning to change too! Maybe, warmer foods, root veggies and soups!  (more…)

Ululating pan flute melodies, the sloppy, succulent taste of charred turkey drumsticks, and the unmistakable aroma of 21^st century mead and sweat-soaked linen: Welcome to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival! (more…)

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The last time I was on here we had just moved to New York City. Now we’ve just moved to Connecticut! Oh how plans change!  (more…)

It was a bittersweet goodbye at I drove away from the Colorado Mountains and traveled the twenty-two thousand miles back to the east coast. It was a long, tiring drive full of sleepless nights, deep-dish pizza, and endless caffeine consumption. But before we reached the flat roads of South Dakota we were lucky enough to spend a few nights at Yellowstone National Park…and let me tell you, Yellowstone was a whole new world. (more…)

Are you tired of doing the same ol’ boring thing every darn day? (more…)

“Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditating. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating, and talking. Every act, every breath, and every step can be practice and can help us to become more ourselves” – Thich Nhat Hanh  (more…)

Boy, it’s been a hot, hot summer here in Kentucky. Most days have been in the 90’s with high humidity. That kind of weather keeps me grabbing for cold drinks to stay hydrated. (more…)

Here in Colorado, the leaves are just starting to change, the mornings are getting cool and crisp, and the afternoons are filled with stormy, gray weather. In many parts of the country, autumn won’t truly begin for another month. But here in the Rockies, fall has begun.

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Last time I talked to you guys I had just moved to Utah and shared my mala making with you! Well, since then I have had even more changes in my life!  (more…)

Twisted handlebars, slipping gears, sticky brakes, and flat tires – the wonderful world of bikes is all too often fraught with setbacks. To make matters worse, who knows what kind of funny-looking tool actually fits in that groove and – wait a minute, isn’t that thing screwing in backward? (more…)

Hi guys! I hope everyone’s been having a great summer! It has been HOT here in New York City. This is my first summer on the east coast and I didn’t understand how hot and sweaty it gets. It’s no joke! (more…)