Too Old for This Sh*t?

College theatre buddy, Joe Pug, played at Cat's Cradle last night in Carrboro. We usually try to go and see him when he's in town (we saw him twice in Oregon!), even if it is a Wednesday night.  However, being a near 34 year old working woman, I've decided that shows on a school night, especially a rainy one, are a "no go" from here on out. 

Unless, it's Beyonce.

Or unless I forget that I said this, buy tickets to a show and then remember after the fact that we are in fact too old for this.

Horsefeathers guy playing a violin and a saw!

Joe Pug doing his thing

Trail Races Are Fun!

This weekend I ran a 7k in the woods. The Philosopher's Way Race is one of my favorites in the area and it was a pleasure to run it this weekend!

Wendi and I posing before we start

Here we go!

Hiiiiii!

So swift

Running in the woods is fun!

The finish!

4.3 miles in the books.

Spring Break in Asheville

Last weekend, Jason and I took a little trip to Asheville for Spring Break. I found a cute little "Treefort Cottage" on AirBnB for us to stay in, which boasted itself as a premier "glamping"* option.  We had a great little weekend hanging out, drinking beer, drinking coffee, hiking, catching up with friends, and rooting for the Heels from a chain sports bar with 12,000 TVs.

Our Little Treehouse for "glamping"

View from firepit

Jason contemplates a wild turkey

Enjoying the surroundings

The old "over the shoulder" selfie

Sweet Little Cottage

Cheers from Wedge, Brewery

Yummy food and yummy beer from Wicked Weed

One of my favorite activities-fire and beer! I really love to zone out and stare at the fire...

Good Morning from our big bed in a tiny Treehouse Cottage. 

Cortado and a book- another favorte activity

Jason on Black Balsam Knob

Ah, so pretty

Waterfalls at Graveyard Fields Loop Trail

Sierra Nevada Brewery, NC style! This place is a MUST!
Here we are with Derek and kids. This place is only 5 minutes from their house.

*A footnote on "glamping"- it's glamour + camping = glamping, and it's a great way to combine some of the great things about camping like fires and outside with some of the great things about staying in a hotel like a bed and warmth.  I'm still not sure though if it's just a way to get you to spend tons of money for a granny bed and a port-a-potty.  We did love our little tree house though...

Stillness

I've been re-reading a great yoga book lately:

Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness
By Erich Schiffman (1996)

My favorite longtime yoga teacher, Ti, read this book to us during class over the course of a year. It's a great yoga philosophy book. One to savor. One to read again and again.

I'm rereading it now through a new lens, finding old and new nuggets of wisdom.

Here's one from today's read:

Stillness is not the absence or negation of energy, life, or movement. Stillness is dynamic. It is unconflicted movement, life in harmony with itself, skill in action. It can be experienced whenever there is total, uninhibited, unconflicted participation in the moment you are in--when you are wholeheartedly present with whatever you are doing. (p. 3)

Chew on that, ya'll.