A 120-mile canoe marathon is virtually unheard of by most normal people. But I’ve got a bunch of friends who do something that’s one step closer to crazy – we are the marathon “feeders.” We feel nothing. As our team paddles through the night, we wade into the river every two hours and give them […]
AuSable Marathon – HUP all night
It’s July… time for a canoe marathon! Here’s a piece I wrote for Traverse Magazine a few years ago about the AuSable Marathon – I love how the year we did this, the very first stop involved a major repair and fire. The story wrote itself! Here it is: I hope you enjoy! AuSable Marathon […]
My Teddy Bear: Letting the kids sleep in my room
My Teddy Bears It’s happened again. Somehow the boys have started sleeping in our room like the old days. When they were much littler, they slept in bed with us when they were scared and they brought in their teddy bears with them. Now, they’re on the floor next to the bed. One on each […]
The race is on: Shopping with a twin sister
Imagine trying to find a picture of yourself that you like enough to publish. Now imagine having to compromise with your sister on this photo, thereby choosing a photo that will surpass the vanity of two sisters competing against one other. Welcome to the world of twinhood. Have you noted our new photo for GTWoman’s […]
Good dog goes bad
I met a friend for a hike through the woods with the dogs a few weeks ago. Everything was fine until we got home and Cookie came over and laid her head on my lap. Oddly. Lolling about. I chalked it up to her undying love for me. Then I got up. And she didn’t. […]