At this point, Ambrose and I backpack between May and September – and the May and September trips are few…
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- Backpacking
- Biking
- Books
- Cambridge
- Cats
- Challenge
- Chicago
- Cleaning
- Crafts
- Daily Journal
- Day Job
- Electronics
- Essay
- Fandom
- Fantasy
- Fiction
- Fitness
- Flute
- Food
- Fool
- Goals
- Grief
- Gym
- Hair
- Headaches
- Health
- History
- Hockey
- Home
- House
- IBS
- Judging
- Languages
- Monsters
- Music
- Nominee Project
- Pain
- Philosophy
- Photos
- Poetry
- Political
- Publishing
- Race
- Ritual
- Romance
- School
- SciFi
- Snark Alert
- Social
- Song
- Sports
- the stroke
- Travel
- Upper Country Singers
- Video
- Website
- Whine
- Wilderness
- Work
- Writing
IBS Flareup Ranting
I’m in a lot of pain right now. I’ve been in a lot of pain over the last couple weeks.…
Continue ReadingWhat Happened to January?
My husband and I have both been sick essentially since New Year’s. He pointed out yesterday that half of January…
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I can’t believe I’m sick again. Or is it sick still? I don’t know. I’m pretty sure I’ve had chest…
Continue ReadingUnnatural Mornings
I had a week off of work last week. And I wasn’t backpacking. Which means I got to stay up…
Continue ReadingToes to Bar Proof
Lately, my toes to bar have been doing really well. Part of it, I put on using the skinnier bar…
Continue ReadingRelaxed
For the last few months, I’ve had a lot of stress and tension in my left shoulder. It’s been painful,…
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I did it! Nine months of the commitment crew! As of yesterday, I completed my twentieth class of December, which…
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I’ve been feeling sick for what seems like forever but it likely a mere 9 weeks. And, while I was…
Continue ReadingThe Backpacking Drive
For me, backpacking isn’t primarily about pain. Seeing beautiful scenery, watching wildlife, spending time outdoors with my husband, testing myself,…
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