I’m visiting my best friend Heather in Wisconsin this week. Haven’t seen her since last August, after she lived and worked with me over the summer. (That was a glorious time.) We don’t know when we’ll see each other again, if I manage to make it in the Peace Corps and go abroad for two years…. [...]
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Hedder
Posted in food, friendship, God on May 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
springtime Saturday in Salt Lake
Posted in books, dork, fly on the wall, food, music, nature, Utah on April 10, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Today promised to be a day of sweet contentment. I had five errands to run, and I wanted to walk to each destination. Spring is so short in this area, you have to soak it in while you can. As I went about my day, I thought I’d photograph whatever I found beautiful or interesting, [...]
banana muffins!
Posted in food on March 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I have made these little babies three times in the last two weeks. I’ve learned to spice up the original recipe from this website, thanks to a lot of tips from other bakers. So here’s what I use: 4 large bananas, mashed 1/2 cup white sugar (or a little less) 1/2 cup brown sugar (or [...]
bearing good fruit
Posted in food on December 15, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Thanks to the wisdom of my fellow missionary greg, I have incorporated daily fruit smoothies into my diet. For the past month I have had a smoothie to accompany my breakfast of Cheerios, and it increases my general merriment. I would love to share these delightful concoctions with you, in case you could use some [...]
Cecret Lake again!
Posted in food, friendship, nature, Utah on August 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Went to Cecret Lake again, with a different group of Mt. Olympus Presbyterians. I want to go on this hike once more before summer’s over—when my brother and his fiancee visit. I figure it’s a pretty easy hike, and during their visit they won’t have much time to adjust to the high altitude, so easier [...]
Mt. Olympus…and we live to hike another day
Posted in emotions, food, friendship, nature, Utah on July 18, 2009 | 9 Comments »
We did it. We hiked Mt. Olympus. Started at 5:45 a.m., took enough breaks so we didn’t die, got to the top about three hours later, spent 45 minutes lunching on the summit, and finished the day after a total of eight hours. Picked the perfect day, too. Not. Sunny and 101 degrees at least! [...]
We came, we saw, we camped.
Posted in food, friendship, God, music, nature, psalms, Utah on July 12, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Heather and I went on another hike with the Mt. Olympus Presbyterian hiking group Thursday, on Mill B North Fork Trail to Overlook about five miles up Big Cottonwood Canyon. That wasn’t enough to satiate our appetite for the outdoors. The following day, we drove to the Stansbury Mountains (North Willow Canyon) to camp out [...]
from the midwest back to the desert
Posted in emotions, family, food, friendship on May 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
My three brothers, two parents, and one doggie were finally reunited after almost a year apart. I was also reunited with Ohio, my home state, the place in which I’ve spent 95.4% of my life. Blessings from the trip: The family bonding, including laughing hysterically during a game of Loaded Questions. Bonding with my college [...]
Zion National Park and Kolob Canyons
Posted in family, food, God, nature, Utah on May 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
On Monday my parents flew here from Alaska for a six-day visit, their first time “outside” in almost a year. Yesterday we set out for Zion National Park, about a five-hour drive from my apartment. It would be my second visit, their first. Here I am modeling the extremely hip and practical backpack my brother Jon [...]
a bright start to the weekend…despite the clouds
Posted in food, nature, Utah on April 3, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Free bagel Fridays at Einstein Bros.! (I have a coupon that says you can reuse it till April 24, as long as you come in before 11 a.m. on Fridays.) I got up early this morning to walk several blocks to the nearest venue. The rainy, wet snow didn’t deter me. The nightcrawlers languishing on [...]
