Love Where You Live: Tribute to a Truckee Community Leader
Lately, I have a robust Instagram thread running through my head. I see something, pause and say to myself “love where you live”. When you live in a place as spectacularly beautiful, consciously aware and gritty as Truckee, you could spend a whole lot of time adding to the over 720,000 posts tagged #lovewhereyoulive.
Mountain Grit Meets Personal Identity in the First Snowpocalypse of 2017
I’m going to admit something that would almost certainly have me derided on a certain beloved community Facebook group, but here it is: I am not a Tahoe local. I’m technically what one might call a “city girl”.
Supporting our Local Creatives – Myself Excluded
I have always struggled to access my creative side. As a child I consistently preferred PE to arts class, and now as an adult you are far more likely to find me running the trails than at home crafting or perfecting my cross stitch.
Trip Recommendations from a Local: Mammoth Lakes
As someone who lived there for many years, I can say with certainty that summer is an incredible time of year to be in Mammoth Lakes, with perfect summer weather and so many activities to choose from.
The View from Up Here: Lessons in Happiness from a Sierra Nevada Teenager
Step 1,427 felt heavier than step 1,426, but lighter than I knew step 1,428 would feel.
I hadn’t been counting each step the whole time, just since going off trail.
The Sierra’s Biggest Little City is Growing Up
“So, how did you end up in Reno?”
I repeat the question in my mind—end up—as if Reno is the nasty shore of murky waters; home to washed-up, rusty parts of an old, abandoned shipwreck.
SBC Workshop Emboldens Town of Truckee For Action on Climate Change
Do you think it is important to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? Address climate change head-on, locally, and on your own terms?
Art as an Economic Engine
When I decided to move to the Sierra 22 years ago, I initially thought it was about being closer to rivers for rafting and trails for hiking. Maybe also the appeal of fewer people and less traffic. I am an “introvert,” after all.
Following the Seasons: Veggies for your Sierra Garden
It may only be February, but it’s not too early to start thinking about your summer vegetable garden!
If you are growing vegetables in the Sierra foothills or Reno, it’s worth keeping in mind that many vegetables can be grown outside during even the coldest winter months.
Small Sierra Businesses with Big Ideas
Several months ago I moved to the Sierra Nevada, and since then have been blown away by the many different sides of the region: amazing natural environments, visitors and residents from all over the world, unique and distinguishing culture, and most impressively- a thriving innovative business community.