To be determined - by Amelia Roessler

A weekend of plants, stitches, and sunshine

I feel gross. I haven’t been able to wash my hair in five days (I’m a three day wash gal), there’s sweat and blood crusted in my hair, and I have a bad sunburn on my back. But at least I got to play in the dirt. Jack and I drove to the auto store Saturday morning to get an oil filter so he...

Gladly choosing to finally be like others

I finally did it — I bought a purse. I have never been a purse girlie. Purses were always too big, too bulky,--a burden, if you will. I have been gifted many beautiful and cute purses throughout the years, but I never felt comfortable using them. If I had anything to bring, I would leave...

Making hard decisions at each stage of life

I don’t know why I thought it would get easier. Life decisions are hard, no matter what stage of life. When you’re young, at least for me, making a decision about life feels daunting and final. You’re told everything you do now affects how your life is going to be when you’re older, so...

Unremarkable and (mostly) okay with it

I miss Caribou Coffee. As I sit here sadly sipping my Starbucks coffee, I mourn the long distance relationship I have with the deliciousness of Caribou. Starbucks just doesn’t taste as good to me. But that’s beside the point of this column. I have been thinking recently about...

Teaching etiquette and manners to kids

I have turned on the Masters, not because I think I will be invested in watching golf, but because it’s a great background show. I finished writing a piece for my magazine about a new camp: etiquette classes for children. When I was first introduced to this camp and the woman whose...

Easter Olympics in sunny California

I was fortunate enough to spend the weekend in California to celebrate Easter with my boyfriend Jack’s family. His family hails from northern California, in a small farming town about an hour and a half north of Sacramento. The town his mother grew up in, Willows, is just slightly smaller...

A weekend of events, people watching

Well, I had a nice sociable two days this past weekend, and I got to do my favorite thing: people watch. As I sit in the 60-degree morning sun at the nearby coffee shop, I sip on my vanilla latte and watch an adorable pug puppy basking in the sun nearby while his human enjoys a pastry. And...

The strong community, support of parents

I’ve continued on the train of learning new things. The parent magazine I work for is currently working on putting together its “Everything Baby” edition, where the magazine is just filled with stories and resources about pregnancy and newborns. As I put together the resource guide...

Colorado catastrophes with the family

I had the great pleasure of seeing my family this past week. My sister, mother, grandmother, and godmother hopped on a plane and came out to see me for two days as part of a girls’ trip, and it was awesome. Typical of our family, we exuded chaos wherever we went. I picked them up at...

Learning to live positively, living to learn

I realized last week as I was wailing about my illness that you might turn to columns like mine to learn something. After all, these people able to publish their columns in news spaces must know something if they’re able to get their silly words published, right? (Let me tell you, I just know the...