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Saying Goodbye to My Twenties

by Katie HMusings January 5, 2024January 10, 2024Comments are Disabled

I started my twenties at the airport in Columbus, Ohio — not ideal, but given my destination (Paris), an acceptable birthday location. “Happy birthday,” the desk agent told me, smiling slightly as she examined my documents for checking my two gigantic suitcases to Charles de Gaulle, the contents of which would hopefully sustain me for …

5 Things I Loved About 2020 (Yes, Really)

by Katie HMusings December 31, 2020June 3, 2021Comments are Disabled

The holidays can be a time of grief for many who have lost loved ones. A year of particular, collective grief and loss like 2020 has been can make those feelings even harder for everyone. So, to end this god-forsaken year on a positive note, and in the spirit of past reflections (see: 10 Things …

A long exposure as lights twinkle on in the French Alps

10 Things I Loved About the 2010’s

by Katie HMusings December 31, 2019June 22, 2021Comments are Disabled

Welcome to the end of the year. Time to reflect on the last 12 months and panic-set some unachievable goals for the next 12, am I right? Since a new decade only comes around every ten years, I wanted to use the end of 2019 to write a reflection on the entirety of the 2010’s. …

On Moving // Moving On

by Katie HMusings July 26, 2019June 22, 2021Comments are Disabled

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the concept of home for She Explores. I’ve lived in 3 different, non-adjacent states in the last 3 years, so moving and what “home” means to me has been on my mind a lot lately. Here are some more thoughts. I forgot to care about my …

8 Things I Loved About 2018

by Katie HMusings, Outdoors January 8, 2019June 22, 2021One Comment

Whew. WE. MADE. IT. What a year, right? Granted, I think that at the end of every year, but last year truly felt like a whirlwind of change.

Trying Things: February

by Katie HMusings, Outdoors March 6, 2018June 22, 2021Comments are Disabled

OK, I know February is a short month, but the speed at which it flew by this year took me by surprise. The good news is that spring, hiking season, and sunshine are on the way (or they supposedly are. The nor’easters battering the east coast apparently didn’t get the memo.) The bad news is …

Trying Things: January

by Katie HMusings February 4, 2018June 22, 2021One Comment

January has always been a weird month for me. It’s the start of a new year, so I find it confusing to reflect on everything I did in January at the end of the year: Wait, what? I did that this year? Also, it’s my birthday month, so I have to grapple with my annual …

Lessons of 2017

by Katie HMusings December 31, 2017June 22, 2021Comments are Disabled

It’s New Year’s Eve! Sparkly things! Fireworks! The promise of a clean slate and a brand-new year! The horrifying realization that I am a year older and not at all wiser!