Dawn of the New Year

Dawn of the New Year

Surrounded by couples in lip locks and rogue packs of 16-year-old Italian boys, we five female travel companions counted together the last seconds of 2011. “Tre, due, uno!” The crowd erupted with slurred shouts of “buono anno!” and I realize this night makes up for a year of lost time.

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Spend an afternoon walking in the woods, swim bare breasted under a waterfall, push yourself through waves in the ocean or sing your heart out around a campfire. Feel yourself wild and powerful and a precious part of the life that grows all around you.

Freeing The Mind

Freeing The Mind

I’ll admit, I was in for this ride for all the wrong reasons. My reasoning for signing up was so I’d hopefully get in better shape and come back a certified yoga teacher. I had no intention to come back with a changed outlook on the world at large.

One Jeep, One Month

One Jeep, One Month

Two twenty-something year old girls traveling cross-country in a white seven-year-old Jeep Liberty seems like a recipe for danger and we certainly invited it many a time.

Colorado Columbine Cookies

Colorado Columbine Cookies

These cookies are Kristen’s 5th place-winning entry into the Better Homes and Gardens State Cookie Contest.  Kristen and her son brainstormed and came up with these cookies to represent Colorado’s state flower, the Columbine. Â