In happy news ( Read more... )

I'm teetering on the edge of something right now. Change is coming, it's slipping right up behind me, and I don't know which way it will push me ( Read more... )

I am officially announcing to the world that Barbara Kingsolver is my new favorite author. I love her essays, but Animal Dreams, which I just finished this morning, is the best piece of fiction I've read of hers ( Read more... )

Our other office is irritating me lately. Considering one person in the office is my boss' wife and the other is his step-daughter, you would think they would not only understand how the man works, but also realize I have zero chance of changing his behavior. Bah ( Read more... )

And there's bars on my door and bars on my heart ( Read more... )

OK, I admit it: deeply religious people scare me. I'm mainly talking Christians here, but anyone who would judge me and, upon inevitably finding me lacking in moral fiber or some such, seriously believe that I am eternally damned to burn in the fires of hell makes me a little uncomfortable ( Read more... )

(For those of you who don't really know me, The Trail is the PCT. Silly people, how could I be referring to anything else ( Read more... )

So, I move to Tucson and it's great.

And then someone gives me a brand new bike.

And then I find a fabulous adobe guesthouse (with a yard! with the best landlord ever!) to rent.

And then I randomly meet someone with this non-profit and she offers me a job.

Am I blessed, or what?!

Here is what I like about Tucson, my new home ( Read more... )

I'm off the trail. Yep. 900 miles ( Read more... )