• What is your favorite form of physical exercise?

    In my twenties I did interval training for a long time. I even had a staircase outside that was half mile long I’d sprint up. I miss those days of walking into a sprint.

    I continued interval training into my thirties until a guy I attempted to break up with assaulted me & put me in physical therapy for over 6 months. When I’d try to run I’d have nerve pain down one side of my body. I’d also get these wicked migraines from running short distances.

    These days I hike & walk around the 1000 ft hills around my city. I have always enjoyed hiking & I can do it without my body freaking out so it’s a good thing. My favorite hike is this 8.5 mile hike between Ulriken & Fløyen. Because of the dangerous crevasses you have to take your time. Although in the Summer you see runners just jumping off the crevasses, not what I’d call safe. But it’s really beautiful up there between the mountain tops.

  • I don’t think I would

    How much would you pay to go to the moon?

    There’s too much happening on our planet to think about going to the moon. If I had the money to go to the moon I’d use it to feed the less fortunate by donating food to a pantry.

    I think that by being obsessed with everything that’s not on planet earth we lose sight of the fact that the rainforests are disappearing & the ice is melting. I know those aren’t fun things to think about but by going to another planet & trashing that too we don’t sustain mankind.

    It’s up to us to save our planet earth not to escape our own manufactured destruction by going to another planet. We have earth & that’s what we should focus on. Period.

  • Why I write

    There’s soo much horrible going on in the world I want to write about the mundane. Because the mundane is just as essential as the out of this world experiences.

    For me I practice gratefulness everyday, like the other day when a girl sneezed & I got her a tissue. She didn’t ask me but she was extremely thankful for my gesture. In this time of turmoil we need more small gestures because they matter.

    If we fill our heads with all the news & turmoil we lose sight of the simple things we may take for granted everyday. Like sharing a cup of coffee with my husband every morning, it’s my favorite part of the day. Or when the dog greets me when I come home from town. All those small things matter to keep us going.

    Yes, I’m not saying that I’m not aware of all that’s happening but I’m focusing on the fact that I’m safe & my family is safe. That I can wake up in a house with a roof over my head every day. That’s what matters. As I’ve written in a prior post, home is where you’re emotionally & physically safe.