Lucy Pevensie: They're so still. Trumpkin: The trees? What did you expect? Lucy Pevensie: They used to dance. From Prince Caspian How often is this a picture of us... of me...? At moments we dance and then at others we are so still and stoic. This quote has always been such a powerful statement to me. I recently re-read something that I had written several years ago and I was … [Read more...]
Anytime I wish that I would have gone another route for my blog with naming it, I have to laugh because my life really is just a series of busy nothings. I mean, sometimes the nothings are somethings, but mostly I just stay so busy and I couldn't tell you really what I do specifically from day to day. This weekend, Ben had to work Saturday and Sunday and by the end of the weekend I was delirious … [Read more...]
I can't believe that I've been married 10 years today! Wow, what an accomplishment! I remember back when I was about to get married and thinking how old people were that had been married... 5 years. Now I am on this side of things and am happy to be here. I was looking through some wedding pictures and remember how stressed I was on my wedding day. I don't like everyone's attention on me and the … [Read more...]
Drifter? Explorer? Mountain man? Yes- this is my dad Dick Nelson in the 70's! He lived and worked in the Rocky Mountains in Watershed Management, observing and chronicling the changes in the forrest. My brother always said he looked like the legendary Jeremiah Johnson...I always thought he looked more like the Unibomber... … [Read more...]
