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Understanding Tragedy in a Small Town

When you grow up in a small town, it’s sometimes tough to explain to the people you love why tragedies “back home” affect you the way they do. When I told my fiance that I’d received terrible news about someone from my hometown, his first question was about how close I was to the person [...]

Colorado Coffee Merchants

Colorado Coffee Merchant

Colorado Springs isn’t a huge town, and if you took it away from the Rocky Mountains, it would be much like the hundreds of other mid-sized cities around the country.
The handful of tourist destinations here that have helped draw people to the community are mostly Rocky Mountain-centric (two exceptions that come to mind immediately are [...]

GiST: November 14, 2011

Grace in Small Things

I have so much to be thankful for this week!
1. A Visit from a Friend
A close friend chose to spend her weekend with me this weekend. She traveled to Colorado Springs from San Francisco, and we had a good, low-key weekend. We hiked Palmer Trail in Colorado Springs, we tried a few local beers, and [...]

Thanksgiving Dinner in Topeka, Kansas

In September of this year, I had the opportunity to meet some incredible people at the 140 Conference Small Town in Hutchinson, Kansas. One of the people I met there is Joe Cheray or @wildheart4ver if you know Joe through Twitter.
The #140 Conference Small Town is unique from most social media conferences in that it [...]

GiST: November 7, 2011

Grace in Small Things (GiST) is about thankfulness, empowerment, and mindfulness of  the little things in our lives. The GiST website says that:
Grace in Small Things exists because we are choosing not to allow the noisiness of life to rob us of the time and energy to be mindful of ourselves and those we love and [...]

An Unexpected Benefit of Blogging

MilliGFunk's Boots, photo by Kim Wolterman

A crowd favorite was the presentation by Melissa Gilliam (@milligfunk). Melissa was discussing blogging for a non-profit, but honestly she had on the most awesome boots! [...]