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This video is so inspiring:

I spent this last weekend visiting my family. It is always nice to go home for a few days. The pace changes and everything slows down. My mom cooks special foods for me and my lovely sister makes me a surprise vegan birthday cake. I stand next to one sister or the other, doing dishes, [...]

Tonight I attended my first yoga class in some time. For several months now I have been dealing with a sore lower back and it didn’t seem to be getting better. I have been going to a chiropractor the entire time, at least twice a week and sometimes more, and it would feel somewhat better [...]

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.” – Pema Chodron A few days ago I happened upon the quote above [...]

December 8 Moment of peace. An hour or a day or a week of solitude. What was the quality of your breath? The state of your mind? How did you get there? I am an introvert and peace and quiet is a must for me. Occasionally I have to pull the shades and walk around [...]

I found this blog tonight with some resolutions that inspired me. Below are a few of my favorites. What are your resolutions?

I wanna have pride like my mother has, And not like the kind in the bible that turns you bad. ~ from The Perfect Space by The Avett Brothers The lyrics above really touched me at the concert the other night. I have always respected my mother and thought she could do no wrong but [...]

Tonight I saw The Avett Brothers at the beautiful Palace Theater in Louisville. It was great! They are so much fun to watch live. I highly recommend checking them out if they are touring near you.

If you have been following along on our grand road trip here, you may be wondering where we are since I left us in Portland. Not only did we make it through Yellowstone and Colorado but we have been home a couple of weeks now and are working on getting back into our routines. I [...]

In the past week, we drove through the Yukon again, took the Stewart-Cassiar highway and drove from Watson Lake in the Yukon to Prince George in British Columbia, spent three days in Vancouver, BC, one night in Seattle, a hike in the Mount Rainier National Park and we are now in Portland, OR for a [...]