second time

Mt. Sniktau and Grizzly Peak Traverse August 20. There's snow dusting the ground and it's a crisp thirty degrees in the mountains. I am prepared as I could be with sufficient layers and gloves. But as I climb higher and reach the ridge, the wind blasts me back. I huddle behind a ring of rocks…

CO National Monument

I am way behind on sporadic updates, the intermittent postings of sweet highlights that I most easily recall when reflecting on the year. And now that it's summer and I am sorely missing Colorado and mountains (dramatically, for I'm only in Texas for a couple more weeks), here is a throwback to a special gem…

21

Photos from the day I turned 21 These two friends drove all the way from CO to visit me !! 🙂

Much needed (rest)

I am trying not to wish for a time in the past, reaching for the gold of a sun that has already set. Implying that I am discontent with where I am now, the current circumstances, a season of increased stress and harder work. But lately I have been craving the summer, when a drive…

For each ecstatic instant

For each ecstatic instantWe must in anguish payIn keen and quivering ratioTo the ecstasy This stanza from a Dickinson poem has stuck with me ever since I saw it the first time, flipping through a book of her poetry while at the bookstore (ah the pre-corona days, which have gifted me with appreciation and protection…

Lighthouse

Summer 2020 Rewind

This has been one of the best summers of my life, and after such an emotionally rough summer last year, I am beyond grateful. To all the people who have made this summer so memorable--you have no idea how thankful I am for your friendship. Because I've captured so many moments, I've decided to post…

the one that started it all

1/15/2015 Running to autumn some years later, 5/17/2018 Running back to autumn thankfully, we have reached someday

The sunrise {anotha poem}

5:03 AM This was written after getting up early to watch the comet NEOWISE from the local table mountain. Above us, just the large expanse of sky stretching in every direction with a beautiful smear of stars and dawn colors. And even the sky is just a small window to the rest of the universe.…

Near Denver

A few hikes in the Denver area Golden Gate Canyon State Park Eldorado Canyon State Park Pine Valley Ranch Park Flatirons Vista Mt. Galbraith While I was hiking Mt. Galbraith, the most amazing moment unfurled right in front of me, one that gave me another insight. There was a family in front of me with…