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Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
There’s Always Tomorrow…(But it won’t be the same)
Walking into the Moonbeam Lodge this morning felt like coming home. After a few ski trips out of state and the new found warmth of spring, it has been awhile since I have clicked into my bindings at Solitude. It’s been much longer than that since I have stopped into the Lodge. Of course, I [...]
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Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
Groundhogs Don’t Know Anything and 25 Things About Me
Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog, who predicted an early spring by not seeing his shadow, is a knucklehead or at least the people who believe in groundhog weather prediction are. In fact, we are officially three days into spring and it has snowed each day thus far. Some of you may not be so keen on [...]
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Saturday, March 9th, 2013
It Just Takes One
Lives can change in the blink of an eye. One second, one minute, one day. Today, all I needed was one hour. Sometimes, we Utahan’s get lethargic about the resorts which are just a stones throw away. Even those of us who heed the call of winter become passive. We get lazy [...]
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
Dear God, It’s Me Noah
Dear God, it’s me Noah. You know that I am a usually a pretty good kid and you know that I want to grow up and be an honest and good productive member of society. I want you to know that I try my best to listen to my parents, do well in school and [...]
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Sunday, January 20th, 2013
Control Your Fear
Warning: Crazy Girl Talking. You may not all agree. On Saturday, I passed a milestone with my baby boy (who is not much of a baby anymore but, he will always be my baby) when I convinced him to ski through his first double black diamond gate into Parachute at Solitude. Isaac has taken to [...]
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Monday, January 14th, 2013
What Are You Made Of?
It’s not every day that I am willing to call myself out for what I am, a pansy. Yes, I said it, I am a pansy, a wuss, a girl full of excuses. I am not always these things but for the last week or so, I have been holed up at home with no [...]
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Saturday, December 29th, 2012
Happy Holidays!
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” was playing over and over in everyone’s minds last week as the temperatures dropped on Christmas Eve and a large cold front pounded through Utah. The snow started to fall, as if on cue, for the man in red who was traveling through the night delivering [...]
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
Powder down your clothes and up your nose…Best feeling EVER!
I really should have got something up a few days ago but, with holiday parties, kid’s school, hockey, writing assignments…oh and some GREAT snow conditions, I just haven’t managed to actually put my thoughts down on paper…or I should say cyberspace. So here goes. Unless, you are of the “I hate winter” mentality and are [...]
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012
Sugar Therapy…Best for Moms
Although monster storm Brutus left us with some decent snow totals, it has been dry and warm ever since. In fact, I have been moping around wondering if it’s about time I gave another winter sport a try? One where there is climate control and where the conditions are always ripe, say, something like curling [...]
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Thursday, November 15th, 2012
Opening Day at Solitude…Hopefully a Sign of Good Things to Come!
In the wake of last weekend’s epic snowstorm, which left downed power lines, broken branches, piles of leaves and copious amounts of snow from one end of the Wasatch to the other, many of Utah’s residents were left bemoaning the sudden turn from fall to winter. There are others, however, who have been buoyed up [...]