by Kristy Halvorsen | Mar 10, 2024
A Tale of Breaking Free: A Metaphor for Life Weightless, I feel held, swaddled in a fuzzy cream robe. My toes are free to wiggle about, my long auburn curls free to bob, my soul free to fly, eyes soft, cheeks gold and smooth as porcelain. Not a pain, not a worry or...
by Kristy Halvorsen | Jan 21, 2024
Adventure of a Lifetime 2023 was the most adventurous year of my life. This blog is a reader’s digest version; the full length version is in the works. Strap in tight, it’s a wild ride. January 2023 kicked off with me getting kicked out of the nest. Mom begged me to...
by Kristy Halvorsen | Jan 5, 2024
Dear Nature Each morning I venture out from my home on wheels, through a pre-dawn preserve, onto a boardwalk over sprawling dunes, and down onto a sugar sand shore. Each morning is unique, This is the inspiration for this poem. Dear Nature Gentle, resilient,...
by Kristy Halvorsen | Nov 30, 2023
A Gift Lifetimes in the Making I was in eighth grade eating lunch alone, near the end of a long table. A woman sat down across from me, a few feet to my right. She looked straight ahead. Her dark hair was a bit shiny, rather curly and just long enough to frame her...
by Kristy Halvorsen | Oct 28, 2023
My Life in a Nutshell “You wanna go swimming?” my friend Jill said. We were dressed in layers with jackets and pants rolled up to our shins. Our bare feet were crusted in sand. Jagged pewter cliffs towered to my right and the Atlantic churned to my left. It was 2pm...