by jo | Oct 13, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Travel
A few of you know that I’ve been in the process of house-hunting, and while technically I think something could still fall through, it looks as though I will be closing on a house here in Wichita soon. As I’ve told a few friends this as we’ve been catching up...
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 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 | Jun 23, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays, Travel
I convinced her to do the hike with me. It’s called the Devil’s Punch Bowl. Some of the reviews and bloggers were surprisingly dramatic about how hard of a hike it is and how much water you need to bring with you. (One blogger suggested something like 5 gallons per...
by jo | Jun 9, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Jesus Time, Memoir & Essays, People I meet, Travel
photo credit: Lower Floor. via photopin (license) I met a man in Seattle recently. His name was Sean. He was in Pike’s Place market, his worn backpack and layers the only things suggesting he was without a place to stay. I may have taken him for a wary tourist if he...
by jo | May 12, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Travel
Things I love about California/Northern California: Mexican Food Avocados Radio stations that play good (and fairly varied) music. (Side note to towns like Denver: If I hear the same song within an hour on the same radio station, you’re doing it wrong.) Radio...