Making Connections

I often look for spiritual messages in life’s happenings. It’s a lot like reading a book and looking for symbolism, but the book I’m reading is life. This is rooted in the belief that everything is connected, and if you are paying attention, spiritual guidance is all around you. I see messages in numbers, nature, …

The Whole 30 Diet

I recently did a 30-day extreme version of the Paleo diet.  If you’re not familiar with this diet, it’s basically eating what our pre-agricultural, hunter-gather ancestors would have eaten: meat and vegetables. I also wasn’t allowed to eat “non-compliant” foods: grains, dairy, legumes, alcohol, seed/vegetable oils and sugar. One of the diet’s biggest goals was …

How to Survive a Power Outage

Spring storms in Colorado are my favorite. They are intense and build up the life-giving snowpack. The next day after the storm has passed, the sun ignites the hills and the snow melts in a frenzy–steam rises and whisks the blacktop. The melt hurries off the roofs and steeps. If I sit on my sofa …

Family Rock Climbing

Now that ski season is almost over, it’s family rock climbing season. My family and I like to get rad on Table Mountain in Golden, Colorado. Sometimes, we are lucky enough to get an early spring/late winter climb in—the cliffs heat up in the afternoon sun, and we feel like we’re getting away with something—cheating Mother …

How to Declutter Homes

My friend just moved to Evergreen. Oddly, this sparked a little envy in me, which I couldn’t quite put my finger on. I love my house and neighborhood.  I didn’t want to move. So what was I wishing for? I came to realize that I needed a move of a different sort; I needed a mass exodus …