A loss that brought profound heartache teaches me how to navigate grief.
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Six Days
Part 2 of a 3-part series | Navigating unpredictability and staying present in one of my life’s most difficult transitions.
A Slow Squeeze to Pulling the Trigger on Hunting
Barriers – mental, physical, financial, or all three – are enough to easily block a person from trying a new hobby. In this blog, I tell of working to overcome my barrier to hunting.
Cheap shots at Penny Pinchers
I get static for being cheap. I use too many coupons, think before I spend (do I really need this? Could I re-purpose something else to fulfill this need?) and sometimes go out of my way for a deal. This mentality – likely instilled in me from my money-smart parents – comes with getting ridiculed. …
Sayonara, Areavoices: It’s Moving Day!
By now you may have heard AreaVoices is shutting down tomorrow. A few hundred of us are lining up new homes to keep our writing rolling… and here I go, less than two hours before the clock strikes midnight, and I’m writing my last post to explain to my readers that I’m not done yet. …
Stepping out of line in a "get in line" world
I’ve fallen in love with a barn in Fargo. There is nothing about it that belongs amidst a sprouting development in West Fargo, yet there it stands, white paint chipping, old wood fading with time. Surrounding it, tall grass, big trees and an orange tractor that looks like it hasn’t budged for 50 years. Spare, …
"Going off the Grid" Follow Up
To my avid readers: Many of you made it known that you were anxiously awaiting a follow-up post to Going off the Grid Attempt #2. Well, here she be. I’m not sure what you’re expecting. I suppose by the sound of my previous post about a 5-day adventure to to the Boundary Waters, you’d think I would have …
Off the Grid Attempt #2
I’m going to the Boundary Waters. Yes, me. The girl who sat in the woods and cried with her friend during church wilderness camp because it “wasn’t fun,” “felt like abuse” and all we wanted was to get home. Susie and I sat on a trail together, scratching our mosquito bites and soaking up our …
Lesson Learned. (Thanks Dad).
If I were on top of things, this blog would have been posted on (or before) Father’s Day. But, I am my father’s daughter and dad has never been on time for anything his entire life. Not church. Not graduations. Not flights. Not my high school prom. It’s just how he is. So… in honor …
A Woman’s Best Friend
Commitment is hard. Like really hard. So when my brother and his dog moved out a few years ago, I was faced with a difficult decision. Buy my own dog or live peacefully ever after? I already knew dogs were a complete and total pain in the butt from my years of living with my …