These last few months have moved at a breakneck pace! Defend my master's thesis, finish graduate school, finish teaching undergraduate course, leave my job at Colorado Review, find a new job, pack and move to Utah, unpack, plan my wedding, start a new job... and--oh yeah--try to squeeze in some time writing and some time outside amid …
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Rest & Relaxation + Nature
I love it when people visit us in Laramie, Wyoming. I love to show them our little house (on the prairie? almost), our fun frontier town, the mountains that surround us, the stark and undeniable beauty of the West. Most of my family came to visit me this summer after a long roadtrip or flight/s. …
Meet Us: Matt & Katherine, a Valentine’s Day Post
I was inspired by this blog post from Free People to create a similar question-and-answer format post about Matt's and my relationship. With Valentine's Day coming up, it seemed like a perfect time to do it! I hope you are as uplifted by our answers as I was by Matt's. How did you two meet? …
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Homefront Update
Spring is on its way to Laramie. A couple weeks ago we saw over a foot of snow over the course of several dreary days. Thankfully with this "warmer" weather, the snow doesn't stick around for very long. Since we've had some rain, which is wonderful. I'd forgotten about the lovely persistent sound the rain makes …
Christmas in North Carolina
Christmas is definitely my favorite holiday - smell of balsam and pine, clove and cinnamon; sharing food and drink with loved ones; watching a child's face light up with joy upon opening a long-desired gift; huddling around either a lit Christmas tree or a crackling fire in the fireplace out of both reverence and a …
Christmas Preparations
It's been unseasonably warm for December here in Wyoming. We were almost afraid there wouldn't be any snow to speak of in the mountains when the Snowy Range Ski Area opened. Matt and I went up to the Snowies the weekend before last to get our Christmas tree, just like last year. We stopped by …
There Are Still Leaves!
Dear reader, I admit to taking a month-long hiatus from this blog, in case you hadn't noticed. So, Things That Have Happened: We've been in Wyoming for over a year now, which is hard to believe. (We've survived!!) My car was inoperable for over a month, Abe got diagnosed with hypothyroidism, Matt's back in school, I'm …
Summertime
I much prefer Laramie this time of year. All the flowers bloom at once as the season is so short; the zinnias I planted out front have been at it for almost a month. I can leave all the windows open at home, day and night. Train brakes and whistles, like a chorus of upset …
“Spring”
There are many different types of snow. As I write this, it is almost May in Laramie, Wyoming, and it is snowing. This particular kind of snow doesn't accumulate; it blows around in the awful howling wind and sweeps across asphalt like particles of sand. Perhaps due to the wind (blaming everything on the wind …
Snow Sport Adventures
I took a little break from the blog while traveling for Christmas, and I'm sure you all are as excited about this first post of 2014 as I am. LOOK, I REALLY CAN KEEP A BLOG! Since I last wrote, I've been skiing several times up at Snowy Range Ski Area in Medicine Bow National …
