Last fall, I was asked to choose one non-profit organization for a magazine profile. It was a beautiful fall day, so after checking my email, I went mountain biking with a friend at Lunch Loop, a system of trails at the north end of the Tabeguache Trail that links Grand Junction and Montrose, Colorado. The […]
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What’s In A Number?
I originally wrote this post in March. I was feeling blue with the ski season ending and missing the comments and interaction with many readers. July 29th marked the 2 year anniversary of Brave Ski Mom. Over the past two years, writing this blog has taken me places that I would have never imagined and […]
Get A Kid in the Game
On April 8, our friend Brian Grossman will tie on his running shoes, grab a bag with all the food and supplies he’ll need for seven days and start running – in the Moroccan Sahara Desert. Brian will be one of nearly 900 participants, and one of only 29 Americans, running in the 2012 Marathon […]
How To Start A Blog In Ten Easy Steps
Today marks the one year anniversary of The Brave Ski Mom blog. In honor of this momentous occasion (at least it’s momentous for me), here’s my 10-step process for how to start a blog. 1. Have an idea. Try to get someone else to do it, specifically your kids. They won’t. 2. Still have the […]
How Do You Get From Here to There? What Do You Do?
Not that my life hasn’t worked out just fine. For the first five years of my adult life, I actually was able to combine public policy with the natural sciences. But then we moved to a town where my husband found a great job, and then we had kids, and then one day, quite recently, I awoke to the sickening thought that I have lived about 1/2 of my life and still don’t know what I want to do.