by jo | May 20, 2014 | Everyday Stories
With the fires blazing in Southern California, I’ve been thinking about this question again: If the house were on fire, what would I grab? When I was younger and living at my parents house, the answer was the boxes of photos. But now that I live on my own, I...
by jo | May 13, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
I was in the famous Powell’s bookstore in Portland, spending over an hour browsing through their cards-and-quirky-things section when I pulled up one of the last cards that caught my eye, and it made me freeze. In the middle of Powell’s, I could see people meandering...
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...
by jo | May 1, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
If you would like to have an adventure, this is for you. 10 steps for Adventure(ing like a responsible adult) : 1. Decide to have an adventure. 2. Invite someone to join you — you can adventure by yourself, but it’s better to have an adventure partner lest...
by jo | Apr 30, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
” I feel like it’s time for you to come here so we can have an adventure.” I posted that on my friend Lizz’s facebook wall a couple months ago, completely serious, but not knowing where it would lead. My wanderlust was just acting up, and I...
by jo | Apr 22, 2014 | Everyday Stories
THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT SPONSORED BY JO’S PET PEEVES My number one pet peeve is when people don’t use their turn signals. It may sound silly, considering that hardly anyone ever does use their blinker these days. But it absolutely drives me crazy....