My friend Misty introduced me to the term Non-Scale Victory. I love it. The scale is fun, but fickle, and it doesn’t always tell the story I want to hear. Every month I have a period, which has been its own brand of fun since weight loss surgery, the body clings to every pound, butContinue reading “NSV”
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Nana
Yesterday my Nana turned 90. I feel tempted to write her life history right now. I want to look up dates and places. I want to get all the details right for posterity. But I don’t think this needs to be that post today. Nana married Popop when she was a wee thing. It wasContinue reading “Nana”
Josie
About ten miles from the rock quarry where dinosaur bones hover over tourists, buried in layers of history, Josie Bassett Morris built a homestead. She planted trees, raised her animals, and tamed a bit of earth. Her little cabin is solid and comfortable. The doors only go as high as necessary. My tall husband hadContinue reading “Josie”
Today
Today is a great day to start a blog.
A Song of Ice and Ice
Two brothers. Stand on a precipice. A wilderness of ice and snow before them. They command the western wastelands of ice and snow. They last about 5 minutes before proclaiming that their fingers are frozen. And we go to another park. Where the temperature is literally 20 degrees warmer. Weird. Utah is weird.