While my daily life is peppered with small (and still important!) risks – risking accidents and labor-intensive trips to the bathroom by potty-training; risking night-wandering by moving a 3-year-old into a big girl bed; risking shame via haircut (bangs or no bangs?) – a new risk has appeared on the professional horizon. The small research [...]
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Lady Bird, give me a boost
Tomorrow is the big day. My self-confidence, my self-identity, heck even my life may be at stake. Granted, a tad overdramatic, although that’s how it feels at this moment. You may recall that in my February blogpost, I revealed having joined a masters swim team at the beginning of this year in order to get [...]
Rain and Risk at the Frio
I’ve enjoyed the outdoors and camping for years now – the raggedy tent, the tiny camp stove, the creativity needed for a one-pot kitchen, and of course the solitude and glorious feeling of immersion in Mama Nature. Unfortunately, after having children, our camping trips and hikes went on lazy hiatus. Over the years we’ve been [...]
Sun-kissed stroke
I used to be in the tippest, toppest of shape. And that “used to” feels like yesterday. But it certainly doesn’t LOOK like yesterday in the mirror. And let’s be honest, it was over 15 years ago. In the mean time, I’ve had my bouts of disciplined exercise, although they’ve been short-lived. I was a [...]
