Real Best Life

16/04/2024

21/02/2024

This girl tho.

13/01/2024

We don’t always agree (in fact, often we don’t) but Ted Trimpa and I talk often that we need to start not just engaging in our politics in left v right, but also in the battlefield of good vs bad faith.

Reward the lawmakers who avoid the fever pitch this year

15/12/2023

Do I always make good decisions? No.

'Tis the season for irrational choices

01/09/2023

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On hope

27/06/2023

Fluff Nugget would be the best Mom.

It's worth it

08/06/2023

Love this.

Our social lives are in shambles. Most of us never speak with strangers — not in the real world anyway. My latest offers some ways to start making connections, and repair our fractured culture. Check it out at www.colesclimb.com

03/06/2023

Colorado likes to remind us that there are blue skies ahead. Go getem

02/06/2023

Goats doing literal goat yoga during the golden hour. It gets no better.

25/05/2023

A fluffy and fresh goat fromage blanc. Courtesy of Bella who is running about 6% butterfat. My woooooord I wish you could taste this.

24/05/2023

I found a bucket full of love.

05/05/2023

One of my besties, Mary Katharine Ham and I started a little fun podcast project that's mostly lighthearted and rabbit-holey. We're your weird Mom-friends. You can sit with us.

Listen now (43 min) | A little bit of everything

27/04/2023

Free eggs are very expensive -

On saving money . . . or not

27/04/2023

Exploring and snacking with the crew

03/04/2023

One great thing about my goat milk filtration system is that I have a clean up crew ready to handle any splashes. Immediate service. I’m not saying she’s hoping for a spill, but she’s not NOT hoping for a spill, either.

25/03/2023

In today’s culture, parenting gets a bad wrap. There’s no question it’s a tough job, but then one day you wake up and there’s a whole little person who wants to sit and read and drink goat lattes (his is cinnamon and chocolate sans coffee) on a snowy Saturday morning. It really gets no better than this.

21/03/2023

Welp. No lies detected ->

Farm kids have practical knowledge

20/03/2023

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