Participating in the famous Hood to Coast relay having never met any of the members on your team is riskier than meeting someone from match.com who doesn’t have a profile picture. Hood to Coast is a 192 mile,12 member relay from Mt. Hood to Seaside. OR. Each person on the team is responsible for running 3 legs of varying difficulty until completion. Basically, you are stuck with your team members Continue Reading...
Running
Eating
Green Beans on the Grill for the Lazy Gardener
When I'm dreaming of the fresh produce flourishing on the seed packs at the garden center in early spring, I develop amnesia. Just like the faded pain of labor, I don't remember what a lousy gardener I am until I consider mowing my weeds. Yep, they're that bad. In spite of my lazy ways interfering with good intentions, there are vegetables in there. Somewhere. It might take a machete and Continue Reading...
Sweating
Snow Shoeing Without Snow is Called Hiking
Every time I scroll through my social media feeds, I see photographic evidence of record snow storms blanketing the country. Parents are complaining of too many snow days, employees are complaining of dangerous commuting conditions and taxpayers are complaining of the monetary consequences. I’m complaining too. I live less than two hours from Mt Hood in the Pacific NW and haven’t been able to indulge in my favorite winter activities Continue Reading...
Living
Rating the Mitsubishi Lancer GT Locker Room Style
I hate taking surveys. I pity the person who pulls my name from a random generator and has to cold call me. It’s not that I don’t like to be helpful, I just have a hard time making my answer fit the available boxes. I don’t hang up on surveyors, they hang up on me. Recently I had the opportunity to drive a 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer GT for the week. Continue Reading...
