So remember how I left on a road trip in May because I needed some healing and quiet that only the road could provide? On dozen hour car rides I thought long about what was important to me, and what matters. I ugly cried over things I told myself I got over years ago and …
No one thought anyone would want to live there. Well, no one except Steve Coon and those few vibrant souls that made downtown Canton a place that at least the 4 of us wanted to live. There were 5 of us originally and the lose of the 5th had a lot to do with the …
I love camping and I adore traveling alone. Camping alone has taken me a summer to get comfortable with I’m high on a hill outside of Kennewick, Washington about 2 miles off the paved road on Bureau of Land Management property. I have my tent staked in because of the wind, veggie soup heating up …
For all intents and purposes I'm homeless 🙂 Sleeping in a tent most nights and using whatever local coffee shop as my writing desk. I balance my days between 10 hour writing sessions and climbing mountains, swimming in Glacial lakes and reading in my hammock. In the short term, I've been traveling since May. In …
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This trip was the longest time my mother and I have spent alone together since I left for college; we drove from Louisville, Ohio through Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho! It all started when we were talking about what she might write on an online dating site about her interests …
Mitchell’s accident happened on Wednesday June 25, 2014. His body was recovered on July 7, 2014; what would have been his 26th birthday. Because his body was in West Virginia where the autopsy had to take place and we were having services in Ohio where we lived, we couldn’t have services until July 11, 2014. …
This is a love fest so if you’re fighting with your mom or pissed at your sister. Skip it. Haha For the past 12 years I have spent two weeks in Corolla on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with people …
I truly feel bad about the level of distrust that automatically bubbles up when anyone says they went to Ohio University for a year or two, but I didn't work out..... what didn't work out? It's the happiest place on the planet!! But in all honesty, Bobcats have a potentially unhealthy level of passion and …
Austin, Texas is a cool place to spend a couple of weeks with one of your best friends in the world. Boat party on Lake Travis, full moon yoga in the park, all the puppy kisses- it's an easy place to enjoy! Allie and I have done some fun traveling together (look for those stories …
This was more than a beach destination wedding. It was one of us finding her happy. One of us being the three young women at this wedding that at one time in the not so distant past were happily and blissfully married, unaware of the tragedy and loss life had in store for us. None …
Maranda Saling 