May 13Member-onlyMagic Sauce at the Native Youth Olympic GamesI have been an athlete all my life participating in in many sports including triathlon, racquetball, and swimming. I come from an athletic family as well; my brothers play ice hockey, run track and field, and participate in long distance cycling, and my father was a football player and martial…Indigenous5 min read
May 9Member-onlyMotherhood Is So ComplicatedMotherhood is a roller coaster of moments and emotions in which you summit then plummet and climb up again. One minute you’re crying happy tears because your perfect angel woke up and crawled into bed with you to loop her little arms around your neck, nuzzle her nose against yours…Motherhood1 min read
May 6Member-onlyLosing A Pet Is So HardMy little chihuahua passed away in March this year. He had been sick for a while, so it was not a surprise, but it was still hard to lose him. He was ten years old and lived a full life. …Pets3 min read
Dec 12, 2021Member-onlyMoving Is The Worst — 3 Tips to Make It A Little EasierNothing stresses me out quite like trying to put my messy life in tidy boxes. Moving is the absolute worst. Every time I do it I say, “I am never moving again.” I am not even going to say that this time. I don’t want to jinx it. This new…Life4 min read
Jan 21, 2021Member-onlyDo Not Tell Me That It Is UnconditionalIf it does not look like love, sound like love, or feel like love, then it is not love. Love does not turn its back, it does not cross its arms to withhold affection, and it does not look upon others with a hardness around the eyes. Love does not…Love2 min read
Jul 31, 2020Member-onlyThe Staggering Cost of Substance AbuseDollars and Tears, Terrors and Years — “Addiction runs in our family,” said my mother, “so you need to be careful.” I was young the first time she said this to me and she has said it many times since. Years later, another family member from my father’s side said, “we have addictive personalities. We do not…Addiction10 min read
Jul 29, 2020Member-onlyThe Hubris of Elected OfficialsYou voted for them to represent on your behalf but they believe they know better than you and they are not listening. — July 28, 2020 Anchorage, Alaska My hometown is in the midst of a battle with its elected officials. In the past two weeks I have joined my fellow citizens to provide testimony against the city’s decision to spend twenty-two and a half million dollars of pandemic relief money on the…Politics5 min read
Jul 23, 2020Member-onlySecond Amendment Sanctuary CitiesA History of Gun Control in America and the Fever of Firearms Affirmations Gripping the Nation — Two teenaged boys opened fire at their high school with semi-automatic weapons on April 20, 1999; they killed thirteen, wounded twenty-one, and then turned the guns on themselves. This is the first I remember hearing of a mass shooting. There were nine in the United States prior to the Columbine…Guns14 min read
Jul 18, 2020Member-onlyPresident Trump’s NEPA OverhaulThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — President Trump made remarks on July 16 regarding his plan to roll back regulations that impede progress in the United States. His proposal will affect the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) which was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on January 1, 1970 and has not been updated at…Environment9 min read
Jun 25, 2020Member-onlyJOLYN FOR THE WINFashionable full-coverage competitive swimwear is here. — Have you noticed a trend in ladies swimwear? Skin is in, and a lot of it! Booties and boobies everywhere plus plunging necklines, racy cutouts, and shockingly slim coverage through the hips. Our great grandparents would be stunned speechless if they could see what their descendants are wearing to frolic…Body Image5 min read
