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#Outdoorwomen: How to Be Popular on Instagram

Disclaimer: I follow a lot of awesome #outdoorwomen on Instagram. It can be inspiring, to be a part of a community of women who are crushing this wilderness…

Summer of Stone and Surf: On Trust

On my third day in Canmore, I was lucky enough to climb Eeyore’s Tail, a 10 pitch, 355 meter route up the face of East End of Rundle…

Summer of Stone and Surf: Having New Eyes

  Two days ago, at a bookstore/cafe in Golden, I opened a book about “vital energy” to discover a quote by Proust: “The voyage of discovery is not…

I’m Going to Be a Fit, Published Grown-Up Who Flosses and Knows How to Dance

It’s September, which to those of us who never really left school, is the beginningĀ of the year. Don’t hate me for this, but it’s time for resolutions. At…

The Art of Starting Over

A few weeks ago, I was walking the streets of Kitsilano with a friend who was in the midst of a Difficult Life Situation. We were looking for…

Summer = Love (A Clumsy Analogy)

So. Summer is a crazy, whirling fireball version of reality, where whatever typical activities you do that haven’t been put on hold for a couple of months are…

Do Something New Day: Whitewater Rafting and a Contest!

The first time I tried whitewater rafting, at the age of 19, somewhere in the no-man’s-land between Ontario and Quebec, I discovered my inner selfish jerk. I had…

Rainy Day Musings: The Slog

I used to do one ski tour a year. Every New Year’s Eve, I’d strap on some rental skis (AT or tele, it didn’t matter, since I couldn’t…

Pie Chart: What We’re Pretending Doesn’t Exist Because It Would Be Inconvenient

In the spirit of Ann Friedman.  

Aging, Page Views and Round Numbers: Why I’m not Crazy After All

Every so often, I discover something that suggests I am not a total weirdo, despite what strangers and family alike may believe. Those who know me well (and…