by jo | Jan 22, 2014 | Everyday Stories, fitness and health
So I started Crossfit again last night. I haven’t done Crossfit in a year and a half. I stopped in July 2012 because of a car crash resulting in some medical difficulties that have landed me on a nasty drug called a beta blocker. Basically the beta blocker...
by jo | Jan 15, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Jesus Time
I was talking with a friend recently and somehow the topic of the Proverbs 31 woman came up. “She is not afraid of the snow,” he said, “I always found that part funny.” “Sweet,” I replied. “I’m not afraid of the snow...
by jo | Jan 1, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
This has been the hardest, and in many ways, worst years of my life. However, if I’ve ever had a right-of-passage year or a coming-of-age year, in many many ways, this was it. So, the previous post was my sentimental year in review. This is the practical one...
by jo | Dec 26, 2013 | Everyday Stories, Jesus Time, Published Pieces, Travel
North State Voices: The year I showed up (again and again) By Joanna O’Hanlon Posted: 12/25/2013 09:45:39 PM PST I was sitting in an apartment that is no longer mine, in a town that I no longer live in, on a couch that I no longer own. It was the end of 2012,...
by jo | Nov 28, 2013 | Everyday Stories, Published Pieces, Travel
North State Voices: Thirst and Thanksgiving By JOANNA O’HANLON POSTED: 11/28/2013 01:29:43 AM PST It is June 2007, and my legs are sweating under my long skirt, courtesy of the hot African sun. It is the wet season in Malawi, but the grass is dry. There have...
by jo | Oct 31, 2013 | Everyday Stories, Published Pieces
North State Voices: Walking the Tight Rope of Polite Lies It was Friday afternoon in October and my friend Stephanie and I were shopping in the Salvation Army, looking for fun and funky outfits. As it goes in second-hand shopping, our options were slim. But, two...