Atalanta Rising

Dreaming Trees And walking through leaves

A blessed and blunderful life. “Thus I fell into surprise. No one told me to surprise myself, I might add. I came on the old and best ways of writing through ignorance and experiment and was startled when truths leapt out of bushes like quail before gunshot. I blundered into creativity as blindly as any […]

My coach and training partner is competing in the Colorado Masters at Front Range CrossFit this weekend. I was only able to catch one of the events today, but still, what an inspiring and humbling afternoon. In such a very short time, CrossFit is making a very significant change in how women view aging, health, […]

Why are you afraid? Why do you stay so far away? Why do you read Rejection in silence And betrayal in breath? Ask yourself… Why are you afraid? You fear to speak To move left, or to move right. For like nervous birds They have quickfasthearts And they jump and flit And fight at every […]