Dirt in your skirt blog

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Posted on October 30, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
No I didn’t trek off into the woods and meet a bear today. The only bear around me was the one in the gym, namely Bear Complex. I had planned on doing a lift today and after much thought decided to try out Bear Complex. The one Katy McCabe had......
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Posted on October 29, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
The theme of this week truly has been revisiting the old. I have revisited old trails I use to hike over a year ago and tried to reconnect to the fun of it all. In many ways it’s been a walk down memory lane. I spent so much time this......
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Posted on October 29, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
Morning View from the House on the Hill “I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” ......
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Posted on October 28, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountain is going home; that wildness is necessity; that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.“John Muir   Even though I live......
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Posted on October 26, 2011 by Margaret Schlachter
Photo by Ali Kaukas It’s Wednesday, which means its my weekly meeting with my trainer. Steve never one to disappoint came up with another gem of a workout today. The key I have learned to Steve’s workouts are layering. He takes lots of different tasks which in and of themselves......