by jo | Aug 19, 2015 | Everyday Stories, fitness and health, Jos __ before __ Birthday lists, Memoir & Essays, Travel
A quick story: I was out disk golfing (courtesy of my Jo’s 26 before 26 list I’m now a regular disk golfer). We came up to a pin and there was something in the pin. “What is that?” I asked my friend Brian who was closer to it. “It’s...
by jo | Jul 14, 2015 | Everyday Stories, fitness and health, Memoir & Essays
It’s a weekend afternoon and I’m sitting out in the front yard, looking at my slack line slung between two trees while I write this. I was just on it a moment ago. And again several moments before that. And again several moments before that. That’s how slack...
by jo | Jul 7, 2015 | Everyday Stories, fitness and health, Memoir & Essays, Travel
I wanted to climb another 14er. And I wanted to climb it alone. Colorado calls mountains above 14,000 feet in elevation “14ers” and they have many of them in the state. The previous fall I had climbed my first — Mt. Bierstadt, 14,060’ at the summit, 2840’ elevation...
by jo | Jan 13, 2015 | Everyday Stories, fitness and health, Myths & Cliches
I have a tattoo that you don’t know about. It is on the bottom of my foot, so you only see it if I am barefooted and have my feet up with the soles facing you. But I sit barefooted with my legs crossed often, so it’s often visible to me, an important reminder:...
by jo | Sep 30, 2014 | Everyday Stories, fitness and health, Myths & Cliches
Tackling Myths & Cliches: Whatever Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger 50 MPH speed limit. That seems fast for this road. But OK. I’ll go 50. Shoot this hill is long. I hear my dad’s mantra: “Don’t ride your breaks. They’ll burn out.” Ok, I’ll keep it near 50. 53....
by jo | May 7, 2014 | Everyday Stories, fitness and health
Ask for what you need. That was a mantra repeated again and again at Onsite when I was there a year ago this week. Onsite is an intensive therapy workshop in Tennessee, and it was the setting for the most significant week of my life to date. I heard about it first...