by bandanabow | Feb 24, 2020 | Adventure, Travel
Remember that time you had to lose weight to ride a mule? A question my husband and I hope to laugh at in 20 years. Poor, poor Nate. For the last couple months, he’s been working hard to lose weight for one primary purpose: to ride a mule into the Grand Canyon. That...
by bandanabow | Feb 20, 2020 | Musings
Where my writers at? If you enjoy writing blogs, books, poems, short stories or just some good, old diary diddles, and you’re hoping to produce ongoing work, setting a writing routine is essential. Every writing professor I ever had attempted to hammer this truth...
by bandanabow | Feb 13, 2020 | Adventure
We had such a great weekend in Buena Vista! You can read all about it in my solo, retreat weekend post or get a taste looking at these photos. On February 7-9, Nate and I went up to the mountains for a pretty last-minute weekend in Buena Vista. He spent Saturday and...
by bandanabow | Feb 13, 2020 | Adventure
Well, solo-ish. On Friday, Nate and I decided to do a last-minute trip somewhere in the mountains where he could go snowboarding, and I could have a retreat to myself. I craved time to write, read, seek the LORD, and be. We ended up deciding on Buena Vista, so he...
by bandanabow | Feb 13, 2020 | Adventure
If you read my post about the retreat, then you’ll recall that I received three clear directions for 2020. I decided to write out the directions from the retreat in Buena Vista, and share them, for a couple reasons. One, by sharing them, I’m more likely to...
by bandanabow | May 13, 2019 | Musings
“My name is Marley.” “Hi, Marley,” a group of both eagerly empathetic and utterly unenthused individuals say. “I’m a people-pleasing stress-aholic, and I’m genuinely concerned that my hair may be thinning,” I say with the usual hint of sarcasm. The session leader nods...
by bandanabow | May 11, 2019 | Musings
Here’s a window into how my brain works. I just re-read one of my many, many journal entries/random writings, and it’s amazing how applicable my ‘feels’ are still today. I present to you: The Feels of August 18, 2017 So, it’s 12:20 in the...
by bandanabow | May 7, 2019 | Musings
During Christmas time 2018, I started tagging along with two sweet sisters, probably in their upper 60s, who regularly go to an old folks’ home to host a sing-along for residents. I thoroughly enjoyed singing along to classic Christmas carols that I know and love for...
by bandanabow | Sep 11, 2018 | Musings
Tucked away among the rows of books in a Barnes and Noble Café, I sip on a hot, caramel apple cider and find myself in awe at how much life can change in such a short amount of time. It’s been two years since my last BandanaBow post. I did write some other articles at...
by bandanabow | Jul 8, 2016 | Musings
Only a few weeks ago, we were all horrified by the atrocious murders that an Arabic American did at a gay night club; in the past week, we’ve watched heart-wrenching videos unveil more tragedies involving White Americans with racial prejudices and fearfully led...
