Royally Wonderful

See individual post

Love Edits

"And that's the thing. To be in love with someone is to want them to want you back, to never give up wooing." -My Editor, My Wife on Slate.

See individual post

First Ascent

"I am also getting pleasure from the life at that moment." -ending to (and my favorite quote of) the G2 story in the May issue of Outside. Fact checked by yours truly.
See individual post

"The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it." -Patrick Young

Especially in Santa Fe -- we had snow, sleet, rain and sunny skies yesterday.

See individual post

Perfectly Perfect

"My clothes are perfectly contoured to my body. My shoes & socks fit just right. My cat is a delightful intelligent animal. My apartment is great. The right location, cheap rent. I eat the best food. My friends love me. I adore them. My lover is terrific and beautiful. The sun is shining. There are trees even in the slums in Washington. I have tons of money & a gorgeous air conditioner. Great art hangs on my wall. I live a spine-tingling life of delirious sex & intense happiness." -Success Story, by Terence Winch

Sounds about right except for the intelligent cat part.

See individual post

Daffodils

"Yellow telephones in a row in the garden are ringing, shrill with light. Old-fashioned spring brings earliest models out each April the same, naive and classical. Look into the yolk-colored mouthpieces alert with echoes. Say hello to time." -May Swenson
See individual post

Bunny Day

"Twas Easter Sunday. The full-blossomed trees filled the air with fragrance and with joy." -Longfellow.

Hiking among those trees today!

See individual post

Revolving Research

"Thanks to my solid academic training, today I can write hundreds of words on virtually any topic without possessing a shred of information, which is how I got a good job in journalism." -Dave Barry. It's true -- this time last year I was preparing to defend my thesis; that research experience definitely prepared me for all the behind-the-scenes work I'm doing at Outside.

See individual post

High and Mighty

"We are now in the mountains, and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell." Author, naturalist & Sierra Club co-founded John Muir. Happy Earth Day!
See individual post

Georgia On My Mind

Outside her research center in Santa Fe.
See individual post

This is Today

Outside's exclusive interview with Three Cups of Tea "author" Greg Mortenson gets some national press:

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

and Anderson Cooper. Go Alex!


See individual post

Donde?

"Where are you from? You don't look very 'Santa Fe'." -a masseur at the Co-op's grand opening last Saturday. Still not sure what he meant... but maybe next time I visit the Co-op, I'll dress like this:

See individual post

Marathon Monday

"Running the marathon gave me an inner strength that changed my life. I think that's what happens to a lot of women who complete a marathon. Whether it's fast or slow, whether you walk some of it or not, just finishing can have a profound effect on your confidence and self-esteem." -Henley Gibble

Boston today! (not running, just watching!)

See individual post

In Between

"Living in the Midwest: does it make you complacent and likely to wear clogs?" -amusing article on Slate.com. Ah, I miss Missouri.
See individual post

Cowabunga

"How are you at lifting things?" -phone call from Outside's receptionist, asking me to come help the FedEx guy carry a surfboard into the building. Always something crazy going on here...
See individual post

Perhaps?

My neighbor's bumper sticker:

See individual post

Stun Gunned

"A groggy grizzly or misty-eyed moose might not enjoy waking up with your arm around its neck." -my latest on the Outside blog. Is it wrong that the thought of taking a photo with Tased moose makes me laugh?
See individual post

Story Telling Chart

Click to make it bigger.
See individual post

Time Travel

"You don't choose to become something like a poet. You write and you write, and the years go by, and you are a poet." -Mark Strand. He almost makes it sound easy.

See individual post

Serving Size: 1

"You know what they call these on our invoices? Personal watermelons." -check out guy at Trader Joe's.

Sounds about right.

See individual post

Calf Cognizance

"I recognized your legs." -How Erin spotted me at the farmers' market. Haven't decided if this is good or bad, although it does mean the weather's nice enough to wear shorts, so can't complain about that.
See individual post

Here and Now

"I do not know whether it is possible to love the planet or not, but I do know that it is possible to love the places we can see, touch, smell and experience." -David Orr, Earth in Mind

See individual post

My Job

I'm too poor to pay to read this article online, but I sure do like the headline.
See individual post

Outside

"We need the tonic of wilderness." -Henry David Thoreau
See individual post

Three Lanes

"I don't know why the jumping people need so much space." -a lap swimmer at the pool complains about the old ladies water aerobic's class.

Hope I'm jumping with I'm in my 80s...

See individual post

Amazing Athletics

See individual post

Flopsy Mospsy

"A small, weak animal should have a good strong name." -a line from my latest Inside Columbia article, about house rabbits. This little guy's name is Thor.

See individual post

O'K

"That first summer I spent in New Mexico, I was a little surprised that there were so few flowers. There was no rain so the flowers didn't come. Bones were easy to find, so I began collecting bones." -Georgia O'Keefe.

Finally made it to the Georgia O'Keefe museum on Friday -- a wonderful space.

See individual post

Curious

"Being a vegetarian in prison is like being a whore in church. Everybody looks at you funny, but they all want to ask questions in private." -Charlie Engle, of Running the Sahara fame (although clearly he's found other ways to make himself known since then).
See individual post

Popcorn Tree

"Nature is not a place to visit, it is home." -Gary Snyder

View from our porch. Spring is here!

See individual post