We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters. ~Gloria Steinem Last weekend, my partner and I decided…
Bodies
Why do we alienate ourselves so much from our bodies? It’s that big piece of machinery attached to your head. ~Carrie Latet Female bodies are the subject of constant, and…
Mapping Our Money
Immediately following my graduation from McGill University, my family and I took a cruise to Alaska. For one week, we traveled to several cities in the largest state in…
Go, Girl, Go
“It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn – which…
In my blood
It’s been six months since I left Germany, and I’m stunned. Not only has it been six months- I’ve also officially lived in Colorado longer than I lived in the…
In love with…bandanas
While on a recent run down a mountain, I had the misfortune to catch my toe on a protruding rock and did a spectacular belly-flop onto the ground. My injuries…
Feeling So Inclined
“Let’s hike the Manitou Incline,” I said to Nick one beautiful Saturday morning. It was an idea that had been inspired by a friend’s passing reference to “the trail you…
Climate Change
I’ve been a Go Girl all my life. My first international trip was to Australia when I was seven. I’ve lived in three different countries. My kitchen is constantly producing…
Wearin’ of the Green
My family has celebrated St. Patrick’s Day for as long as I can remember, but the first year that really stands out to me was the year my sister was…
Past, Present, Future
Two weeks before my seventeenth birthday, my Nana, aunt, and uncle took me on a ten-day trip to Paris. An enthusiastic French student, I was beyond thrilled to have the…
Stuff
14 February 2011 In American culture, we have a…thing about Stuff. You can’t take it with you. Using money to buy it won’t make you happy. The more of it…
Beating the Blah
It’s the beginning of February. If you live in the northern hemisphere, this means it’s the middle of winter. The farther north you go, the colder and darker it gets,…
A World of Options
I recently wrote about the joys of walking, about how much more we can do when we use our own two legs and feet to propel ourselves around on our…
Willfully Wandering
For the last six and a half years, I haven’t owned a car. I’ve borrowed them, certainly, but my primary form of locomotion was my functional legs. It made no…
Altitude is Everything
When we first moved to Colorado, we were warned about the altitude. “If you start getting headaches, nauseated, or disoriented, TELL ME RIGHT AWAY,” my sister-in-law said shortly after we’d…