adventure, adventure :: backpacking in the moonlight

i went backpacking for the first time last fall. where you wear your food, your clothes, your space to sleep, on your back. and you set up camp at some lovely place, where the air is fresher than your lungs know what to do with. we went up north in the lower peninsula of michigan,

bike spokes, fins, & other such things

i asked rl what to do about my blog.  be funnier and lighter he said.  oh, okay.  no pressure. let’s talk about how i name stuff that is not living, shall we? so what about all of those pages up top that say “coming soon, and thanks for your support?” you ask?  well, it’s my

frizzy hippie gets fit – volume one

hi. i am frizzy hippie.  this is what i really look like.  no photoshop, no editing wonders, no instagram lovelieness: i am very overweight.  i am unhealthy.  i don’t move enough.  and i want to change. i ate fruit and a granola bar for breakfast.  that’s a start, right? i want to be a runner.