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Extreme Laundry

Posted in Mountain Life, tagged , , , , , on May 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Today, in the middle of May, we had visions of standing outside on a beautiful spring day, temperatures in the 60s, under that famous Tahoe sun, watching the cyclists in the 2011 Amgen Tour of California whiz by us. Everyone in Tahoe has been excited for this event, the largest event of its kind to [...]

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All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned this 4th of July

Posted in Mommahood, Mountain Life, Peaks & Valleys, tagged , , , , on July 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »

What I learned over this 4th of July weekend: 1. I am not a boater. Something about being trapped on a 20-foot floating piece of machinery in the middle of a lake does not sit well with me. 2. Falling off your bike hurts when you are a kid, but when you are 37 it hurts [...]

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A foot is no place for a horse

Posted in Mommahood, Mountain Life, tagged , on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I got stepped on by a horse today. On my foot. While wearing sandals. Yeah, it sucked, to say the least. I’ve been in a foul mood ever since. On Father’s Day. Poor Siigo. So I am writing this blog in an attempt to distract myself from my misery and make myself feel better. Not [...]

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My Son the Dictator

Posted in Mommahood, Mountain Life, tagged , , , , on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Every day since I have lived in our house – which would be about five years – I have driven by this beautiful meadow and never stopped. Well, I couldn’t take it anymore. Right now, the meadow is absolutely amazing, what with all the wildflowers blooming and the creek in full stream from the snow [...]

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Finding Stillness in Shirley Canyon

Posted in Mountain Life, tagged , , on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

  It may be ironic, or just timely, but after writing about how hard it was for me to do nothing yesterday, I think I actually achieved it today! And all by accident. Last week, I was asked by fellow yogi and photographer, David Renaud, to be part of a series of profiles he is [...]

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Cheeseburger Bird

Posted in Mountain Life, Peaks & Valleys, tagged , on May 25, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Another sign of summer in Tahoe is the infamous Cheeseburger Bird. No, I am not talking about a flying Big Mac, but a bird whose three-syllable song sounds like it’s saying “cheeseburger.” This is one of the first things I learned about Tahoe when I moved here, taught to me by Siig’s friend Gavin, who [...]

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Siig, a skate, and Tahoe

Posted in Mountain Life, tagged , on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I think this photo captures Siigo completely and the free spirit that he is. This is at the top of one of the steepest streeets in Tahoe, Talmont, where Siig lived in a total bachelor pad when I met him eight years ago. He used to love to skate Talmont, and still does when he gets the [...]

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Of Horses and Farmers’ Markets

Posted in Mountain Life, Peaks & Valleys, tagged , , , on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Besides the melting of snow and my husband disappearing into landscaping season, for us there are two things that signal that summer has arrived in Tahoe: the return of the horses and the farmers’ market. The Alpine Meadows Stables sits at the beginning of our road, and the horses serve as a barometer of the [...]

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Avalanche

Posted in Mountain Life on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

  “Total Loss”  When we bought our house back in 2004, it was one of the cheapest ones left in the valley we live in. One reason: it’s in an avalanche path. I guess it was only a matter of time before we actually got hit. Until this past Christmas Day, we’d been lucky. We [...]

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