Every year, I try to soak up as much fall as I can which starts with brushing off the old decorations. For a few seasons now, I've made bucket lists for autumn so I can experience it while it's here. Sometimes the season comes and goes so quickly, I feel like I wasted it. A …
Last weekend, Malcolm and I rented a little fishing boat on Lake George. It only takes about an hour to get there from Colorado Springs. This is where we experienced our first fishing minus a practiced expert. No one put the worms on my hook, or cleaned the fish, so I decided fishing is not …
Now that I have four tattoos, I'm obviously the expert, hah! However, I've accompanied many friends and with Malcolm to get them, and I have friends who own their own tattoo shops. I'm sure to their annoyance, I asked many stupid questions. Over the years, I learned that if you don't communicate exactly what you …
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Three years into my Intuitive Eating journey (click here for the lifechanging book by Evelyn Tribole, MS and Elyse Resch, MS), I've hit a new phase, and I'm not sure what to do about it. So I write. For some background, Intuitive Eating is not a diet, it's an anti-diet. It teaches you first to …
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Have you read Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants yet?! I use it like a traditional Christian would use a bible. I flip through it at least twice a week to soak up her deep loving and wisdom. Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of Citizens Potawatomi writes “we Americans are …
A few weeks ago, I went home to visit my parents. My mother is currently looking for a job, and hasn't been having much luck (except today she had an interview! Yay!) She has multiple certifications and ample experience in her field. She is warm and kind. A conversation we had after she took a …
This summer, I've discovered a plant that most consider a weed, called purslane (AKA hogsweed, fatweed, pursley) . And it is magical. Why? It grows in all the US states, Mexico, and in all provinces of Canada -- all over the world, really. It can grow in gardens, in cracks in bricks and sidewalk, and …
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If you live in America, you've probably noticed that inflation currently reduces the reach of your paycheck. I feel scrambled trying to find the best deals, coupons, clearances, etc. I have a lot of privilege, so I know others are really hurting right now. Below I share my three top tips that I use to …
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Mae Goes West 