Power Yoga

The smell of incense wafted through the room, which was dimly lit and very warm indeed. I settled into my mat, trying to get calm. Legs criss-crossed, palms on my knees. Breath in. Breath out. Suddenly, the teacher sprang into action and I did my best to follow. She moved quickly from one pose to another. Some of …

Fast Snow

  Sunday was a crystal clear, freezing cold day up on the mountain. It had rained the day before, and the temperature had plummeted overnight, meaning that the mountain was covered in a blanket of ice--or what we like to call "fast snow" in our family. My six-year-old Lily loves fast snow. The faster the …

Learning How to Fall

I learned to ski when I was a little kid. My mom would drag my four year old brother and I out of our warm cozy beds, and drive us down to Middlebury Snow Bowl for ski lessons. We'd trudge through the parking lot to our lesson, dragging skis that weighed as much as we did. The …