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The Twenty: One Woman’s Trek Across Corsica on the GR20 Trail

One Woman's Struggle Against Nature & Age Author: Marianne C. Bohr Marianne Bohr has always been consumed by proving herself. Retirement is no different. Both Marianne and her husband, Joe, have always sought adventure, travel, and pushing their bodies to the limit and reveling in nature and the human determination to explore it, to feel strength and a bodily connection. When they chose the world’s most difficult trail, the famed GR 20 in Corsica that covers 124 miles of rough terrain, including sharp ascents and descents, remote mountain passes, and a surprising number of free-range pigs, Marianne started to worry. At [...]

2023-05-03T08:07:27-07:00April 29th, 2023|Tags: |

Sensitive One, The

A Survivor's Story Author: Susan Frances Morris What would you do if you were just diagnosed with breast cancer? For Susan Frances Morris her diagnoses opens the world into her past. A past she has been trying to bury. From the horrors of a degenerating, alcoholic father, to a schizophrenic sister, to an emotionally closed off mother, to an abusive first husband, Morris has suffered and survived a lot. She has overcome a lot. She is a practicing nurse. A mother. A happy wife. She has finally made it, so why now? When a brief Google for answers leads her to [...]

2023-03-06T09:40:49-07:00March 4th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Cold Snap

Vikings, Victory, and Vices Author: Codi Schneider Before I recount this tale, an introduction. You may call me Bijou. Though Brynhild or Freydis would be more fitting because, despite my French name, I’m 100 percent Norwegian Forest cat. Possibly 99 percent. I know this because I have beautiful long fur. And the strength of ten bears. Also, I’ve earned exactly 103 tabby stripes of bravery. My ancestors, dear reader, were Viking cats. Rapturous specimens and decorated longship mousers possessed with the Ancient Bloat of Respect. That bloat now resides on me. Some might say I’m overweight, but I know better. This [...]

2023-01-22T12:31:36-07:00January 20th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |
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