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Art by Dead Pan Alley's Liese Chavez

Today I had a breakfast that turned into a full day of wonderful conversation with a new Colorado Springs friend and wonderful photographer, Kat.
We met at the Adams Mountain Cafe in Manitou Springs, Colorado, a town of fewer than 5,000 people at the base of the Rocky Mountains.
After a great meal, cup after cup of [...]

Biking in Colorado Springs

Small Town Girl on the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail, photo by MilliGFunk

This weekend, I took my mountain bike out for the first time since moving to Colorado Springs, Colorado two weeks ago.
Having just purchased clipless pedals on Saturday, I wanted an easy trail to start with. Still compensating for my foot injury, I was also looking for a long enough trail to get my heart rate [...]

Busy Little Beaders Earrings

Oh. My. Goodness, I love these earrings.
I found these on Sunday at the Pikes Peak Community Cupboard food swap, and I was beyond thrilled when Amy, the woman who designed them, was equally inspired by my home made black and white photo note cards. I was a happy swapper on Sunday [...]

Pikes Peak Community Cupboard

On Sunday afternoon, we attended our first food swap hosted by Pikes Peak Community Cupboard at Care and Share – a food bank for southern Colorado - in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
I’d never attended a food swap before, and I was on an absolute high by the end of this one. The event drew 20 or 30 [...]

A Surprise at the Door

By Friday night of this week, I was almost entirely unpacked in my Colorado home. Seven days prior, I’d been en route to St. Louis for my going away party, where dozens of friends stopped by to wish me well. Now I was alone in Colorado Springs, feeling melancholy about what I’d left behind in Missouri [...]

Dear U-Haul

Dear U-Haul,
You were nice to let me borrow your moving truck last weekend to put all of my things into. I thought I’d be okay with a 10-foot truck, but somehow you just knew that a 14-foot truck would come in handy. You told me that the 10-foot wasn’t available, but I know that you [...]

Moving Away Playlist

I love music.
I’m moving away.
I’ll have 15+ hours in a U-Haul to listen to music while my loyal sidekick (Rosie) sleeps beside me.
I need music for the drive.
This is where you can help.
Leave me a comment with the song or songs that you think I need to have on my playlist for driving across Kansas, [...]

MilliGFunk Moves to Colorado

I’m nervous, excited and sad to share with you the news that my years of blogging from rural Missouri have come to an end. On August 21st, I’ll be leaving my one-room cabin in rural Missouri to begin a new phase in my life and my career in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
After nearly seven years of work [...]

$1.35 a Scoop Asian Express

Ambiguous marketing is always good for a laugh, right?
Straying from Missouri but sticking with small towns, I spotted this sign in a small(ish) town in Colorado recently. I was – and still am – perplexed by the meaning of this sign. I’m fairly certain that this established sells liquors, but what exactly are they selling [...]

Microbreweries, Realizations, and Peace in Letting Go

On December 30th, we sat in Tommyknockers Brewery in Idaho Springs, Colorado. In front of us were ten tiny mugs of beer and copious amounts of food. We’d just spent a day driving to Colorado from Missouri in a four wheel drive pick-up truck, which made my small town self giddy with country-girl glee. We [...]

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