Whiskers on Dogs

When the dog bites 

When the termites invade

When I’m feeling sad 

I simply remember 

My favorite things 

And then I don’t feel so bad 

 

Things I Like

On my 54th birthday

 I love my family 

Markus & Sam

Max & Preslee 

Martin and the cake he bought at Tulie’s

Monet and this Darlin hat she gave me

I like celebrating Labor Day with a day off work

I like Marilee’s hugs and the beautiful sapphire she gave me

During brunch on the patio at Ruth’s Diner, I was thinking about an email I read recently that asked a surpassingly difficult question: What do you like?

Not what are the boys doing

Not what does Martin like

Not what makes sense at work

Not what can everyone agree on

What do I like? 

Where would I go if no one else got to pick?

On a morning bike ride on this beautiful day

What would I do with a birthday afternoon that belongs entirely to me? 

reading in the shade of our trees was just what I needed to rela

What would I learn even if I would never turn it into something useful?

Piano - I just completed the courses in Simply Piano and it felt so good just do something for fun

For years many of my choices have been organized around the people I love and the responsibilities I have had 

I’ve been creating my own inventory of values and characteristics which has been teaching me that the roles I play aren’t the same as who I actually am as far as interests and desires and preferences. That moment when the roles are still there and the woman inside them remembers: the rest is still unwritten

Weekend vibes

Mountain Bike Vibes

Today on our ride

To Red Butte Creek

On the Bonneville Shoreline Trail

Fritz

Captain Martin and me 

 

63 Years Ago

My mom and dad celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary

At Gary’s Asian Bistro

Monet and I celebrated with them 

Monet - Divy - Martin - me - Mom - Dad - Emmett -  Jessica - Casey - Marilee - James 

Came too 

 

Sun Valley On Ice

Madison Chock and Evan Bates

Were even better live than on tv in the Olympics 

They signed Jax and Grey’s shoes and posed for photos 

It was so nIce of Darlin to find the ice show tickets for us 

Jax and Grey with skating partner Georgia

Darling getting the autographs of her students 

Jax and Grey were in the show last year 

Flowers at the lodge buffet

And the stars of the Sun Valley sky

 

I’m dreaming up good foundations

Snowbird Ski Education Foundation

Held their annual bbq at Sugarhouse Park

Complete with hamburgers and swag 

Let the ski season begin 

 

New Office Space

My new office space is almost ready to move into 

 

Coming home

 Martin sent me this text on our drive home last night: 

Sisters and sisters on behalf of the leadership of MartinInUtah and people of this territory (mostly the redneck part) , I bid you a most heartfelt welcome to Zion.

You have endured a long and grueling journey  (as if) across the plains after a hearty breakfast and surely a great lunch, sacrificing much to get back to us here in the tops of the mountains. 

But look around you—this is the right place. As you soon rest from your travels and prepare to settle into your old drag, usual home, we call upon your spirit of industry, cooperation, and devotion to help and clean the mess up.

Such is the right way when a rose comes back to blossom in its own place…

Breakfast with a view

Redfish Lake Lodge

With my sisters Darlin & Monet, with Jax & Grey

The view from our paddle boat

While setting a new speed record

The omelette 

Latte

Redfish Lodge

The country store

Salmon spawning in the Salmon River

And the twins cheering them on