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My Career As A Showgirl Is Over

April 19, 2018 by 2 Comments
Edmonton River Valley

Or, more accurately, never got started. Hearing that you are most likely not going to be a showgirl while a man is shoving needles into your hips and you’re trying not to scream is not what most women do on a Wednesday afternoon. Apparently I am not most women. I went back to the Bearded […]

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I Am Officially A Running Failure

April 10, 2018 by 1 Comment
Medicine Lake, Jasper AB

“Wow. These are the tightest calves I think I’ve ever seen,” is not what you want to hear when a man is shoving a needle into your calf and then jiggling it around. Over the last three weeks, I have run a sum total of 2.5 kilometres. And those were over the weekend in Jasper […]

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More Than Just Miles

March 11, 2018 by 1 Comment

Last March, I decided to be brave and start running with a speedy group of runners. I am not speedy. My genetic potential is comparable to that of a sloth; these people have cheetah running through their veins. Their jog is my race pace. For just over a year, I have spent nearly every Wednesday […]

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The Great Balancing Act

February 19, 2018 by 3 Comments

Earlier this month, I heard that one of my friends has stage 4 breast cancer. She is my age, full of life, fit as you could ever want to be, and lives an adventuresome life with her little family. For two days my mind was in a bit of a fog due to the shock. […]

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Adventure Highlight ‘Real’

January 13, 2018 by 3 Comments
Portimao, Portugal

If I have learned anything in the last few years, it is this – ‘one day‘ rarely comes, so do it now. For the first time in my life, I pushed pause and went traveling for more than a week or two. For all 31 days of December, we explored southern Spain, Portugal, the English […]

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Unfortunately #MeToo

October 20, 2017 by 1 Comment

The life of being a woman … complex. And I don’t say this tongue in cheek – it is hard to be a woman. If I read the social cues of my world correctly, I am supposed to be size 4, fit beyond belief, have three or four sets of letters after my name, be […]

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Life Is Like Riding A Bicycle …

September 23, 2017 by 3 Comments

… to keep your balance, you must keep moving. Einstein was wise in his admonition to keep moving in an effort to avoid complete disaster. This is great advice, even if you are a klutz like me. Seriously, I don’t know another woman who is as prone to fall over, trip or run into something […]

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Be Yourself? Umm… Maybe Try Again …

August 28, 2017 by 2 Comments

Some of the worst advice out there is, “Be yourself.” Want to know a secret? Sometimes ‘yourself” really sucks. Much better advice is to, “Be the ‘yourself’ you will be ridiculously proud of 30 years from now.” Unfortunately that slogan doesn’t fit nicely on a t-shirt or billboard. And it requires thoughtful consideration. Photo Personally, ‘myself’ […]

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