19 / I Remember My First Real Hike [Holga]

It was the Summer of ‘09, I was with Luisa, and we were at Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado).  In this photo we were about half-way there, going up a trail with a series of the most beautiful frozen lakes you can imagine.
By the end of the day we were nearly caught in a storm, [...]

18 / I Remember When I Didn’t Drag My Feet As Much

Once upon a time, I was a blogger who ran faster with her posts.  As in, I posted more often and didn’t drag my feet as much.

17/ I Remember Only Observing Heartbreaks

For a variety of reasons of which I will not spin out here, I have never experienced the heartbreak of a painful breakup.  I have only observed the heartbreaks of others’,  a stance that is still painful for the other, but still admittedly detached.
I do not understand, therefore, why all of my favorites songs have [...]

15/ I Remember Lake Champion’s Housekeeping Crew ‘03

I remember moving my little self over to Portugal with Jane in April 2003, and then me flying back to New York only 3 months later to be a Workcrew boss at Young Life’s Lake Champion.  That was a hard month for me, and I was caught in between worlds.  Nevertheless, we had the most [...]

14/ I Remember When La Plata Was Almost Killed By A Tornado

I loved that water-tower.  The category-4 tornado that cut through my hometown was scary.  I remember driving down from college in 2002 to find little La Plata looking like a total war zone.