our bags are packed

we’re hitting the open road again. tomorrow. the pouring down rain and temps in the 40s today–classic ‘burgh springtime–is chasing us to the desert. hueco tanks is calling us back for another climbing adventure, a revisiting of last year. the young ones have shorn heads to accommodate the heat. 88 degrees fahrenheit on saturday, our first […]

apollo

Here is a little slideshow of photos my friend JOhn took one day in July of me working on Apollo.

orenism

oren: the other day i lost my brain cap. everyone else: huh? me: imagining his brains spilling out of a hole while he’s bending over looking around for the cap. (can you blame me?) oren: you know, i couldn’t remember something. i lost my brain cap. some of us: ooooooh, you mean your thinking cap? […]

born to climb

one of my favorite essays from my thesis has been published! check out “Born to Climb” at Stymie Magazine, on page 51. this takes you to a strange online reader, and if you do a little bit of looking around, you can make some adjustments so it’s in a format that works best for you. […]

2010: the year of 13

(disclaimer: this post might only be exciting to me, but that’s okay. here is my place to spray instead of facebook.) i have been waiting all year to write this post. i had the title picked out sometime in january. 13.1 miles. in january, i decided to train for a half marathon.  i trained to […]

body image

just now, oren was having trouble getting out of his chair, so he exclaimed, “oh man, my bum is SO big!”

i laughed outloud today

at things both of my kids said to me today. me: oren just take the bag down to the kitchen. food doesn’t belong in my room or yours. oren: but mommy! all the crackers (read: cwackows) will fall out of the bag all over the floor (read: ovow the flow)! because everything is hangin’ out […]

on the flip side

oren had a ct scan and follow up with his neurosurgeon today. he handled getting the iv well (for the contrast fluid to be pumped into his veins for the ct scan to show blood flow). he was still for the scan and they got a good picture–he’s an old pro, i suppose. at the […]

pay off

when i walked down the steps this morning first thing, i was met with a view of my two sons sitting together on the couch. it isn’t that this never happens, but what made it so special was that the older had a book open and was reading to the younger. and no one had […]

life’s goings on

the temps today are in the 30s, and if there wasn’t snow on the ground, i think we’d be running around without jackets and mittens on. well, at least the mittens. i just sent oren and seb to play outside, because what good is homeschooling if we don’t play outside while everyone in school is […]