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Summer Speaking Tour 2017!!!!
Well folks, this shouldn’t come as a surprise, but we have a summer of adventure ahead of us. We are going to once again drink in the inspiration of the road and get the country under our fingertips … We are going on yet another speaking tour about Te Araroa around the United States…
Currently: February
Currently living/working in: Still property caretaking Fenton Ranch in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico … the environmental education program starts up here at the end of March. Current mood: Enjoying one more month of peace and quiet before our life gets crazy and busy teaching kids nonstop again! Currently excited about: Announcing our grand summer plans!…
Te Araroa Book Progress Volume 4: Rejections
FYI, if any fellow writers out there need an organized tracker, I downloaded this one from Writer’s Digest. Boy do I miss the days when my fingertips flitted across the keyboard, barely keeping the pace with the electric currents of ideas sparking through my brain. That’s the real magic of writing. You know what’s not magical?…
Visitors in New Mexico
Besides Justin’s mom, who visited in December, we’ve had 3 other brave souls venture into the boonies this past week to spend time with us. First were our kindred spirits: Paul and Kristen. We call them our kindred spirits for many reasons, but mainly because they are just as keen about sleeping in the dirt…
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Currently: January
Currently living/working in: Still property caretaking of Fenton Ranch in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico … and January finally produced the winter we expected with FEET of snow! Home sweet home! The icicles around the property are deadly! Current mood: Content to be snowed in and cozy by the fire most of the month (except for…
Inflamed, Yet Untamed: My Crohn’s Story Part III
This is the third in a 3-part series chronicling Justin’s journey with Crohn’s disease so far. The story gets personal, and may be TMI for some people. Be warned. The first post was focused on J’s history of Crohn’s from his perspective and the second post was about his Oct. 18 surgery and the 10 days in…
Inflamed, Yet Untamed: My Crohn’s Story Part II
This is the second in a 3-part series chronicling Justin’s journey with Crohn’s disease so far. The story gets personal, and may be TMI for some people. Be warned. The first post was focused on J’s history of Crohn’s from his perspective. This second post is about J’s Oct. 18 surgery and the 10 days…
Inflamed, Yet Untamed: My Crohn’s Story Part I
This post will finally bring our blog reader up to date on Justin’s health and recent events. Justin actually tries to stay very private, despite the fact we have a public blog! With a little prodding, I told him he had to share his story. It gets personal and may be TMI for some people.…
Five Unconventional Money-Saving Tips
J & I have some lofty money-saving goals this year. Much to our parents’ chagrin, our money-saving goals usually do not involve saving for retirement or college funds for offspring they want wish we had—rather for the next big adventures. New Mexico sunsets rank among our top sunsets. Pre-2011, when we had full-time, steady employment,…
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Currently: December
Happy New Year! Forgive me for being 1 day late with this … Currently living/working in: Still property caretaking of Fenton Ranch in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico … and now I have my husband here full time too!!! Current mood: Unimaginable joy for being reunited permanently with Justin!!! Currently excited about: 2017! We can all…
Christmas Traditions
I love Christmas traditions and I love how every family has different ones. Growing up, there are a few key traditions I cherished the most: opening our very awesome Advent calendar everyday, sleeping by the lighted Christmas tree at least one night in December, occasionally going to see the tree in NYC (moreso when I…
Te Araroa Book Progress Volume 3: Book Proposal
As I type this, I’m eating Cheerios for breakfast, it is 4 degrees out, and oh, I sent off my book proposal for my Te Araroa travel memoir to the first publisher I am targeting. Book proposal. Oh boy. If I poured my heart and soul into my book, then I poured someone else’s heart…
Fenton Ranch Visitors
It used to be, no matter where we lived, we would have a revolving door of visitors. Nowadays, we live even more in the boondocks than ever, and only a few brave souls follow us where we go. I’m happy to say, we hosted our first Fenton Ranch visitor: Justin’s mom! This visit was extra…
Te Araroa Book Progress Volume 2: Writing Complete!
The last time I worked on my travel memoir was May 30, 2016 and when I left off, I had a grand total of 33,620 words. Drumroll please … I have finished!!!! But wait! Stop the cheering! While it is certainly a big deal that I finished writing the story of our thru hike on…
Opt Outside
Thanksgiving is upon us and while the focus is rightfully on quality time with families and friends, you may have noticed another initiative during the past few years: Opt Outside. Green is the new black. The concept was launched by REI in 2015 when the major outdoor retailer announced they would close all 143 shop…
Currently: November
Currently living/working in: Property caretaking of Fenton Ranch in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico through the winter, although J is still tending to his health over the border in Colorado for at least a little while longer. Current mood: Still grateful for SO many things, but dang, my emotions have been playing a ping pong match…