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Yam Stuffed Pepper

September 5, 2018 Kelsey Sather

A perfect snack for the crag.

Pumpkin Spice Bars

November 15, 2017 Kelsey Sather

Creamy gourd goodness topped with a chai frosting - just in time for the celebration of face-stuffing.

Trailmix Cookies

June 21, 2017 Kelsey Sather

Oats, almond butter, chocolate chips and dried cherries team up for some serious cookie power.

Three B Muffins

May 10, 2017 Kelsey Sather

Oat bran, buckwheat, and blueberries make for a triple attack of yummy goodness in these muffins. Three B Muffins: cause winners gonna win.

Raw Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Energy Ballz

March 1, 2017 Kelsey Sather

Easy to make energy ballz. The hard part? Portion control. No, seriously. Let's not count how many I've had today and just say I'm sufficiently energized.

Homemade Protein Bars

January 4, 2017 Kelsey Sather

Super-duper-easy-and-damn-tasty-if-I-do-say-so-myself protein bars. And some stuff about protein in general.

Sweet Potato Muffcakes

October 5, 2016 Kelsey Sather

Simple. Delicious. Healthy. You ain't dreaming. These muffcakes are the real deal. Are they muffins? Cupcakes? Tiny morsels of bliss fallen from heaven? Who knows. All that matters is that they're not too good to be true.

Raw Chocolate Berry "Cheesecake"

September 14, 2016 Kelsey Sather

Rich chocolate goodness with a tart berry accent. Raw, vegan, and gluten free.

beauty in the shedding

While pursuing my creative writing degree I often heard "write what you know." It's good advice, to mine your lived experiences for texture, details, meaning. But I've learned it's just as valuable to write what you want to know--to research, imagine, and seek new experiences. For example, I've always been fascinated with pre-modern cultures: how did people make sense of their world before the Scientific Revolution? This inquiry brings me to bewildering places like this homestead built in the fashion of Ireland's prehistoric Crannog people. It seems writing is like breathing in a way: inhale experience born from inquiry, exhale stories.

Here, Gambit, let me get that piece of lettuce from your teeth.
As a kid I had two favorite stuff animals: a wolf and a raccoon. It's hilarious, strange, and awesome to me that our dogs kinda look like a mix between the two. #keeshondsarethebest
#prouddogmom #gambitdabandit
📷 @speedcoachingandcreative

When I tell people I'm writing a fantasy novel, I imagine they automatically think elves and wizards. The magic in my book, though, is inspired from my time spent in wild places: from the surreal beauty of leaves afire in autumn; the iridescent flash of a magpie's wings, caught only in the right light; the way wind ripples across grasses, creating an illusion of water. That's why I think of my book as magical realism, though I will admit - there are mages and shamans. Yet these people exist in our world too. I've heard stories of cameras going berserk in shamanistic rituals. I have my own tale of buying a "souvenir" at a witch market in Peru and having unbelievable bad luck until I threw the little doll into the ocean. They say reality is stranger than fiction - I sometimes wonder if it's also stranger than fantasy.
I love this photo, Blair. Thanks for taking it. @speedcoachingandcreative
#amwritingfantasy #fantasy #magicalrealism

The other day, while painting in the temperate broadleaf biomes of my book's world, I thought, look at this color. How fun. In a physical sense, writing is a black and white craft. Maybe there's a splash of highlighter yellow thrown in when editing, but color happens largely in the mind. I think this is partly why I've enjoyed making these maps so much - mixing colors, creating textures. Getting physical. Also, as I paint places I remember what characters did there and I feel closer to them and the world they live in - a world I am discovering constantly, even though I'm technically creating it. Truth be told, it feels less a creation and more a reconfiguration of our own planet. I think of it as a mirror, a lens, a way to remember we live in a mysterious world, vast and truly unknowable and, above all, subject to our imagination.

I've had the pleasure of training with Kris Hampton on and off for a couple years now. He's the climber who started @powercompanyclimbing, a widespread force of empowerment in the climbing world. He helps climbers train with intention, like @mollykrennie pictured here by @john.climbs of @the80hd. In this month's Worker's Wo/manual interview, he offers advice for how to make your training more effective. Link to interview in bio. *Also, all These Words posts after this week will be on the journal's new official account: @thesewordslikerocks. Please join me over there to stay up-to-date with the climbing, fitness, and healthy food posts!
#thesewordslikerocks #climbing #training

I am equally passionate about climbing and writing. Mutually obsessed, really. I've thus decided to create an Instagram account for both so I can let my freak flags fly as high as possible. This account will be all things writing, including insights into my novel about an ancient lineage of wild women. @thesewordslikerocks will be full-on geeking out over climbing. If you love wrestling rocks, please join me over on These Words; here you'll find some creative writing, fantasy fun!
#letsgetweird #writing #climbing #amwritingfantasy #rockclimbing (Probably the strangest arrangement of hashtags yet.)
@bswitze with the first photo; @speedcoachingandcreative with the second. Thanks ladies! 😘

Huge thank you to @the_climbing_academy for inviting me to spend a week with their traveling high school for climbers. I enjoyed teaching both writing and yoga and climbing pitches with the student athletes and their coaches/teachers/mentors. What a remarkable experience for a teenager: to receive their education in world-renowned climbing destinations under the guidance of some exceptional adults. Thanks again, and I look forward to following your adventures in Rifle and abroad! (And maybe see you in China...😜) Thanks for the photo, @the_robin_hill!
#climbing #unconventionaleducation #futurecrushers #climbschoolrepeat

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