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Carla: On Being Wonder Woman

“Beautiful as Aphrodite, Wise as Athena.” Wonder Woman has always fascinated me. Ever since I was a little girl, I watched the TV series with Lynda Carter portraying the beautiful superheroine. I even had Wonder Woman underoos and remember driving my parents insane as I jumped off the couches flinging my cardboard tiara (actually believing …

Carla:On Being the Badass Hiking Alone

Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb One of my favorite things about living in the Pacific Northwest is the scenery. The mountains, the skies, the Puget Sound, all these things and more provide the perfect backdrop to my life. As a traveler and adventurer, I always stay busy hiking or kayaking around the …

The Venus Illuminato: On Being The Venus Illuminato

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Ashley: On Being Human

Humans are so envious of birds. We want to sing like them, fly like them and even look like them (is that a feather in your hair?). I used to be one of these envious humans. Life seems like more fun when you’re a bird, don’t you think? Soaring above everyone and everything, there’s a …

Gavin: On Being a Local Supporter

lo·cal : 1. Where I live now 2. Where I used to live Local, to me, is defined in two ways… 1. Where I live now, and 2. Where I used to live. I continue to shop ‘local’ as much as I can, both shopping products from where I live now and products from where I used …

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Susan: On Being the Token Australian

I love being the token Aussie. Why? Because Americans LOVE Australians and I happen to live in America. They think I’m adorable. They love the way I speak. They love to talk about koalas and ask questions about kangaroos and boomerangs. They love to say things about shrimps on the barbie and Crocodile Dundee and …

Renee: On Being a Wrangler of Tweens

It seems like I’ve been waiting for this day forever.  I’ve had vivid fantasies about it.  I’ve begged the universe to keep me sane until it arrived.  I remember feeling as though it would never. ever. come. And here it is.   All three of my kids are finally no longer attached to my hip and …