In the third-floor apartment, I walk around and touch the cold furnaces. I take a brilliantly hot shower that steams up the whole room...

Opa made it through the surgery and spent only one day in the ICU...! I feel like we're on "borrowed time" now, which makes me all the...

I slept terribly Wednesday night before the trip, tossing and turning, my mind racing with the anxiety of leaving for Germany nearly a...

I perch on a rock and watch Austin pastel the twisted trunk of a tree; he shades and contours and cocks his head, he flicks his fingers...

The hike to the summit takes some time because it's so impossibly beautiful we have to stop and stay awhile.

The parking lot is a few cars full around 8 am when we hop out of the Mustang onto the wet pavement, littered with new leaves. Doug...

I took the day off work to get up early, which is something I rarely do. Doug pulled up around 7:45 am and we headed East again to the...

We scour our AllTrails maps for days, looking for hiking trails with water and cooler temps to escape the dry scorching sun. The state...

Outside there's a grey sky and intense desert breeze, bringing in the only rain of spring. The darkness feels luxurious in a place that...