Cedar City the Color Country

Melted Crayon Collections

I’ve been an artist since I can remember.  I’ve taken very few art classes & always drew with pencil and colored pencil & in college took 1 class on portraits.  Portraits are the hardest things to draw and I can get easily frustrated.  Also, it takes a lot of energy for me to do a [...]

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It’s all coming together. Best result this year so far – Bariani Road Race report

I was happy that so many women registered for this race despite its’ short distance and relatively flat course.  I was also really happy to see Vanderkitten there as I knew it would be great training for me as I’ve been participating in races like Merco and will be heading to San Dimas where the [...]

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Cherry Pie: Setting the tone for 2013

My coach Todd of HSP Seattle and I  both felt that it was important to race well in my first race of the season for two reasons: the importance of setting the tone for 2013 and to help me build my confidence.  It seems like every year I change up my training program at least [...]

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Expressions of a different media

I’ve been experimenting with expressing myself as an artist using different media other than what I’ve been using the majority of my life: paper & pencil or variations thereof.  Today, I used words and a camera. As I sipped my coffee I watched a caretaker help an elderly man in a wheelchair enjoy breakfast….’Don’t waste [...]

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Routine Leg Works embrocation product review

The guys over at Routine Leg Works over in the ‘other’ cycling hub state of Colorado were kind enough to send me a few samples of their product last spring of 2011.  I had wanted to try some embrocation as the early race season approached for several reasons.  Training and warming up for racing in [...]

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Heather Nielson

We’re all in this together

The last few months have been the hardest of my life.  I had been unable to find a job, even with more job applications that I’d ever filled out.  There was also a huge unknown of whether I qualified for unemployment and money was running out fast with no income stream in the foreseeable future [...]

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