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Failure

According to Google, Failure means the lack of success. And for a long time, this was a binary definition to me. Either I met my goal or I didn't. There was no in between. This year, I went on two elk hunts on public land. I had the

The Simple Things

The Simple Things

Years and years ago, I worked in a place where, once the time change hit, it was a ghost town. One day it would be a beautiful autumn day, people walking with dogs, parents playing with kids in the golden sun, and then BAM. The time change hit and in

Different Worlds

Different Worlds

Recently, I went to the grocery store. Clouds hung low in the sky, and they matched the very low ceiling of the store. Everyone I saw looked like all they wanted to be doing was lying down under a blanket, and frankly, I'm sure I matched the energy.

Last Minute Gifts

Last Minute Gifts

This is for all of my favorite men out there who regularly forget that Christmas is at the same time every year. Here is a quick list of some of my favorite reads this year. I highly encourage you to capitalize on my research. Also, I have made up better

Satellite

Years ago, I was camping with a few friends. We sat on the top of a little mountain, layered in coats, looking up at the sky, and we saw a satellite. Someone pointed it out. We watched it, and then someone said sat-e-llite. And the group began to sing Satellite

Lean into Love

Recently my friends and I went on a trip and stayed in an AirBNB. In the evenings we'd hang out, drink gin and tonics, and generally shoot the shit. Over the years we've done this trip, we've started watching a documentary TV show that

Earl

Recently I went elk hunting. It was physically and emotionally hard, and ultimately, I did not get an elk. The start of the season corresponded to a hurricane, and while we were in the Rocky Mountians, days of rain, highly unusual, made the hunt even more complex. One day, while

Cover Reveal: CASH AND GRAVITY

Cover Reveal: CASH AND GRAVITY

IT IS REAL. I have a book coming out in May of 2026, and this is the cover! You can pre-order it on Amazon. When I have a link to Bookshop.org, I will share that as well. My publisher is Diversion Books, and I have a wonderful editor there

To the Dollar Store Women

To the Dollar Store Women

In my little town, there is the requisite dollar store. It blends into the background if you're not looking for it. I never paid it much attention until I figured out it was a million times simpler and faster get milk from, which we seem to always be

Leaf Peepers

It's fall. We're in the mountains. The trees are golden. It's leaf peeping season. Of course, we aren't there to look at the leaves, but as soon as we turn up the mountain pass we realize, we are in the minority. The

Scare Quotes Are Scary

Scare Quotes Are Scary

According to Dictionary.com, the definition of scare quotes is: Quotation marks used around a word or phrase when they are not required, thereby eliciting attention or doubts. My husband is particularly sensitive to scare quotes. There was a time in our life when we used to drive past the

Melon Festival

Recently, I went to a melon festival. It was in a little town with a population of just over 800 people. I showed up at the start of the parade. The parade contained a variety of emergency vehicles, a high school dance team, and several mayoral candidates driving Polarises decorated

Follow Up: Hair Cuts

Follow Up: Hair Cuts

It was that time again, the time where I needed a haircut and I needed it STAT. And after my last experience of my entirely hammered hair stylist nailing the landing of cutting my hair, I called the same barber shop. And, like normal, I had to call several times.

Everything Is Bad For You

Everything Is Bad For You

Recently, I went on a work trip in the Southeast. I was staying in a hotel by the airport, at a chain I'd stayed in when I was last in the area. I remembered it being nice for the price point. This time, when I checked in, the

THERE HERE

One morning, I ended up at a coffee shop. At exactly 7:59 am, a college-aged couple appeared. The boy was tall, inked with vaguely tribal-looking tattoos, and sporting a rotator cuff recover sling. The girl was petite, blond, and wrapped in the requisite athleisure wear tights. I was impressed

Anemoia

During COVID, the place I lived was shut down. Before COVID, it was a busy, tourist loved place. It was the kind of place in which you never really found any solace, unless you were in your house, and even then, a tourist might wander into your yard and snap

Neighborhood Watch

Neighborhood Watch

Recently, I went to another location for work. I was assigned a housing unit in a long term contractor RV park. I don't have an RV, so they put me in a little single wide with a view of the highway and a distant mountain range, and I

The Wildest of Wildlife

The Wildest of Wildlife

The other week my husband and I were driving off a mountain at nightfall. We were on a dirt road in a grazing allotment, meaning, there were cows milling around. And at night, we knew they would clump up on the road and we'd have to drive right

Book Triggered Memories

Book Triggered Memories

This morning I was, pre-coffee, looking at the covers of the books I'd read this year. I realized a few of them, while not being my favorite books, had in fact solidified themselves in my mind due to where I was while reading them. This was interesting to

Life As A Meme

This summer, I had a day off by myself, and my husband dropped me a pin and told me that if I hiked to it, I would see a lot of elk. He did tell me that there was a 'sorta tough uphill four-wheel drive road' I'

Hair Cuts

I am one of those people who will wake up one day and know my hair is too long. Like, one moment it's fine, and then next, I need a haircut. Right. Now. And this happened to me recently. I called the hair cut place by my house,

The Nicest Gift

The Nicest Gift

This summer, I took a week off. I traveled to multiple states, saw people I hadn't seen in years, and my parents came to visit. People would leave my house midday, and someone else would show up to spend the night. I was exhausted, but I had a

It's 2025...

Recently, I went to breakfast with a work colleague. It was a social/work meal, and when we got to the work stuff, it got really depressing. Let's just say that 2025 has not been a good year for my line of work, and it only continues to

Heavy Metal Is Forever

Heavy Metal Is Forever

Recently, I was with my parents and we drove by Hole N" The Rock on our way out of Moab. It's hard to miss, painted white letters, feet high, bright against the orange sandstone. My mom asked what it was, and I told, I had never been

Tourist Traps

Recently, I found myself wandering down the Santa Monica Pier. I had never been there before, and while I knew it was a tourist trap, I wanted to see it. It was, classic Southern California beautiful, the green palm trees striking against the white sand and deep blue ocean, the