11/03/2019
11/03/2019
I have been wanting to “blog” for a while. One thing that kept me from doing it was feeling like I needed a new computer. I started to do some research on getting a new computer, and was completely floored with all of the different options out there. Storage, speed, streaming capabilities, etc. etc. I don’t really know what I prioritize the most. Then I tried to make a new blog, too, and then remembered that I already have this tumblr. So here we go. I am not great at commitment, and each weekend I’m pretty sure I tell myself I’m going to do something, and I don’t get anywhere close. Such as: I’m not going to drink alcohol this week. I’m going to exercise thirty minutes a day. I’m going to wake up on time and walk Glade. These things just don’t happen like my brain thinks they will. I’m wondering if putting it down in writing might hold me accountable. Reflection in general is important, and I’ve always enjoyed it. I’ve neglected this part of me since living in Colorado.
We got an hour back today. It’s daylight savings. Nathan, Glade and I walked around town today, and nothing was open. Nothing is ever open in Montrose on Sundays. Chow Down was, and Nathan got Glade some wild boar treats. I finished Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. It wasn’t my favorite but not the worst. I do feel like it was much longer than it needed to be, and introduced characters too late in the book and provided too much information on them than needed. I’m on the search for the next book.
More Posts from Backwoodsnbrush and Others
(On seeing a therapist)
“I say that publicly because I think it’s really important to take the stigma away from mental health. … My brain and my heart are really important to me. I don’t know why I wouldn’t seek help to have those things be as healthy as my teeth. I go to the dentist. So why wouldn’t I go to a shrink?”
Rephotographing Route 66: Animated GIFs Showing 1930-1970 Scenes Compared to Today
Route 66 is a famous highway that crosses the United States, connecting Santa Monica, California on the west with Chicago, Illinois toward the east. It was one of the original highways of the US Highway System.
The route is also the subject of a project by photographer Natalie Slater, titled “The Mother Road Revisited.” Slater found old photos of the route from decades ago and rephotographed them as they appear today.
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Sometime in the near future I plan on driving the whole length of Route 66. I’ve driven portions of it here and there but never the whole length. I just need to come up with some new and creative idea that hasn’t been done before to photograph my journey.
If you set a boundary and someone else is disappointed or angry or upset, that reaction does not mean you’re not allowed to set boundaries or that it was wrong of you to do that.
If you ask someone for something and they say no, that does not mean you shouldn’t ask for things or that it was wrong of you to ask. Saying no to something, even if you really want it, is not (by itself) an attack on you, either.
There will be times in every good relationship where one person says no to what the other person wants. And there will be times when that answer feels bad to the other person.
That can be uncomfortable, but it’s healthy and good to be able to say no to each other. It’s healthy and good to ask each other for things and give the other person the chance to say yes or no. It’s healthy and good for each of you to be able to hear “no” and accept it even when it’s disappointing.
It’s healthy and good to own your emotional reaction and make sure you both agree that being upset is a normal and manageable feeling, not a crisis that requires someone to give up their boundaries.
Always lift people up 💯❤
A party of nine members of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club make an eight day trek of over 30 miles along the main crest of what would become the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Mt. Guyot, North Carolina
1932
Great idea but would use different cheese!!
Grilled Cheese Bread Bowl
Recipe under the cut!
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Basalt High School Trail
Description-This hike starts directly behind Basalt High School and heads west along a gentle trail before climbing steeply to reach a ridge near the top of Light Hill.
Directions- From the main Basalt stoplight on Highway 82, go south on Basalt Avenue (away from downtown). Take a right onto Fiou Lane and then go left on Southside Drive to where it ends at the high school. Behind and to the left of the school there is a bus turnaround. The trail begins at the left side of the turnaround.
Our description and directions today comes from the Basalt Chamber of Commerce, accessed May 14, 2016.
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