Summer has come and gone and I’ve been drawn back into the overwhelming social scene that is Bozeman. The past week has left me adjusting back to “reality,” however you want to define that, and feeling a lot of different ways. In a lot of ways, Bozeman feels more like home than anywhere […]
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Spread Telemark.
“Yup, this was the first place you were ever on skis…6 months old and nestled into my pack as I skinned under Shoshone; at least until the state of Wyoming told us it was illegal to ski with a child in your backpack,” my dad told me as we drank a beer and looked up […]
Put on a goddamn tutu.
Put on a goddamn tutu, and join me in this dance we call life. Put on a goddamn tutu, and your smiles will be plentiful. Put on a goddamn tutu, and every day is the best day. Because sometimes, life sh*ts on you. Wonderful people die, relationships come to an end, and the world just […]
Jessie’s Girl
This weekend saw a trip up to Kalispell for two day’s training at Blacktail Mountain. And if you’re asking yourself where the heck that is, don’t worry. I didn’t know either. But it’s just about 25 miles south of Kalispell, up a long dirt road. The resort overlooks the Flathead Valley and you can see […]
Yogurt.
This life we live is just one big positive circle made up of thousands of other, little circles. It’s weird how a lot of the time, you find yourself in a place you’ve been before, or spent a lot of time in before, only to realize the place hasn’t changed…but you have. But the change […]
Falling Out of Love.
With ski racing. And it’s ok. Because I’m falling in love with what skiing really is. A lifelong sport that can take you so many places. I guess my realtionship with ski racing started falling apart two seasons ago, when I suffered one of those nagging injuries that no one wants to sit out from […]
Madi McKinstry 