Birthdays are the one day each year we should really truly focus on what we want, and make it happen. 
But YOU made this last year incredible with each hug, word, or smile shared, and you will make the next year the best of my life, so I would LOVE to share some of this day with you.
I love flexibility and spontaneity, so most of the day is open for surprise adventures. 
But, here are some wants for Thursday Oct 21st
Care to join???
-Sunrise!
-Morning dance party in the livingroom
-Breakfast at the Tea House, …

I sat with my back to the rock, wedged into a small ledge and took a deep breath.   Boulder was below, clear, beautiful, alive.  The sounds of a band welcoming in a weekend of CU football drifted up, birds circled above and below me.  I was halfway up the First Flatiron nestled into a natural rock seat with no gear.
I took another calming breath, smiled at the world, wiggled my toes, and turned around continuing the climb.  The freedom was exhilarating, no harness, rope, belayer, or mental thickness.  Despite my …

“Whooohoooooooooooo!”  I yelped as I came completely out of the water, skimming along its surface for a moment before plunging back in. 
James had brought his new kiteboard over from Scotland and we were playing with it in Omak Lake in Washington.  I was boardless, body surfing back and forth, learning the controls while trying to tack upwind.  It was hard, and yet easy.  Wind and hydrodynamics are things I understand very well, and so even though it is a difficult skill, I was surfing the learning curve as steep as …

Illumination, Navigation, and Celebration are the gifts of Burningman Lamplighter Camp I was part of, and so I mirror these in my post-burn writings. Illumination holds some of the greater-humanity experiences shared on the playa.  Navigation shares the oddities and facts of Black Rock City and the Burningman organization.  Celebration is my own personal flavor and experiences during the week I spent in the desert.
 
Celebration: Dancing through a Waterfall of Fire at Burningman
 Standing almost 7 feet tall, I watched the horizontal waterfall of fire wash across the desert, clearing barriers and …

Illumination, Navigation, and Celebration are the gifts of Burningman Lamplighter Camp I was part of, and so I mirror these in my post-burn writings. Illumination holds some of the greater-humanity experiences shared on the playa.  Navigation shares the oddities and facts of Black Rock City and the Burningman organization.  Celebration is my own personal flavor and experiences during the week I spent in the desert.
 
Navigation:
Burningman: Black Rock City, NV 
For a week every summer one of the most inhospitable places in the world, the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada becomes the …