Wendy's Excellent Adventure

I had a lovely reunion with the children on Friday afternoon, followed by a weekend full of snuggles and kisses and "I love you, Mamas....

On Saturday afternoon, I drove J and the kids to the airport and said goodbye to all of them for two weeks.  J's sister is getting marri...

Happy New Year. I am determined to make it so. 2014 was such a horrible year.  Truly the worst year of my life.  The death of a marriage...

These days my respite is the outdoors. When I am inside, whether at work or at home or elsewhere, I feel caged in and agitated.  I remembe...

We were on the train taking us from the terminal back to baggage claim, part of the post-Thanksgiving returning throngs clinging exhaustedly...

I've been all wrapped up in the bombshell that Rolling Stone dropped this week about rape and rape culture at the University of Virginia...

As part of my "dealing with the utter shittiness that has been 2014" campaign, I've been painting the interior of my house (I...

The problem with this ridiculous cold snap, featuring temperatures that we don't generally see until January or February - and even then...

On Monday morning, it was about 60 degrees and sunny.  But because of the altitude, when it's sunny in Denver it usually feels about 10 ...

On my walk today, I listened to Spotify radio based on the Yonder Mountain String Band , a Colorado-based bluegrass group.  A bunch of Grate...

This morning was a total shit-show. I was taking the kids to school when I remembered there isn't any school today, and that they were...

I like this guy's face.  There's something gentle and hopeful in his expression. Also, now I want lion statues in front of my hous...

Vintage gas pumps as urban art, displayed at the side of an apartment building's parking area.  They reminded me of young soldiers, stan...

Even thought we ended up here kind of by accident, as the result of a crashing economy and a desperate need to get out of Hawaii before we e...

A few months ago my friend Jen was posting on Facebook about how Sam Bush was going to be playing in Charlottesville (where she lives).  I ...

As you all know, September was, like, the worst month ever.  Except for the part about celebrating Josie's fifth birthday.  But I was so...

Seven years ago today, I became a mama . On one hand, it's hard to believe Zeke is 7 years old.  I keep telling him to stop growing,...

Dear Emma, It's hard to fathom that it's been over a month since you died.  Time doesn't feel like it's moving like it use...

Some of my most interesting and random conversations with Zeke are right before he falls asleep. Now that I have an entire king-size bed to ...

The weekend before Emma died, my friend Christin and I did an amazing hike in Rocky Mountain National Park, taking the Longs Peak trail to C...