Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on July 31, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Growing up all sports that I competed in were individual sports. The closest I ever got to a team sport was doubles tennis. It was not until high school that I first played a team sport and even then I was a goalie off in my own crease. Team sports......
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Posted on July 26, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
It came upon me this evening while a friend was and asked for some water and opened the refrigerator, I have a pretty clean fridge. I don’t mean clean as in it’s physical appearance but it us also that as well. What I mean is I open the refrigerator to......
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Posted on July 25, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
While digging through old papers and getting ready to once again move in October I came across a stack of papers I wrote in college. The inner packrat in me has a hard time throwing things like this out. I had completely forgotten about this paper and as I flipped......
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Posted on July 23, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Just when you think you have a bit of a break another opportunity springs up. So this Friday I will be boarding a plane and heading to Northern Florida for none other than a race. A new race for me at that, this one called the Superhero Scramble. The scramble......
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Posted on July 23, 2012 by Margaret Schlachter
Earlier in the summer I had the opportunity to head over to Ibex headquarters in White River Junction, Vermont and get a lesson on wool. Wool growing up I always thought about as that itchy material that sweater your grandmother gave you was made out of. Wool seemed low-tech and old......