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  • Flagstaff
  • Travel
    • Travel
    • India (Yoga Teacher Training)
    • Peace Corps Ukraine
  • Lifestyle
    • Forestry + wildfire (my day job)
    • Yoga (my night job)
    • Our house + renovation work
    • Wedding planning
    • Our huskies
    • Sustainability
    • Books + movies + music
    • Skincare + haircare + physical self-care
    • DIY + decor
    • Odds and Ends
  • Stuff I like
  • About
    • About Randi
    • Contact
    • Professional ish (AKA: portfolio)
    • Disclosure and privacy policy

Sibling visit part 2 (with a Grand Canyon excursion and some Sedona hiking!)

September 26, 2024 December 10, 2024 Randi

I think we left off at a brewery (of course) but I’m back with the second part of yesterday’s post about my brother and sister visiting me (aka, I now return to your regularly-scheduled outdoors and hiking content).

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Sibling visit part 1 (a Lions/ Cardinals football game weekend with a Detroit W!)

September 25, 2024 September 26, 2024 Randi1 comment

So, the Detroit Lions are finally good.

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What the hail/ RIP vegetable garden, I give up

September 23, 2024 September 21, 2024 Randi

Well, this was not the season for gardening, and I’m calling it early.

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Life lately: summer 2024

September 22, 2024 February 9, 2025 Randi

I can’t believe it’s already fall.

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What I wore most: Summer 2024

September 21, 2024 September 21, 2024 Randi

While I did make my new shortalls my entire personality this summer, I did wear a few more things…

…including actual orthopedic shoes, no joke.

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Two lightning fires on the Tonto = a two-week wildfire assignment in Pine, Strawberry and Payson

September 19, 2024 September 18, 2024 Randi

Hello!

I just wrapped up a 14-day wildfire assignment down on the Tonto.

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Black rice grain bowl with edamame, radishes and a spicy garlic sesame-Sriracha dressing

September 10, 2024 September 4, 2024 Randi

Have you ever had black rice?

It’s also known as forbidden rice or purple rice, and it’s a nutty, antioxidant-rich grain popular in Asia.

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On repeat: Wearing for weekend street festivals

September 4, 2024 September 2, 2024 Randi

I got a pair of shortalls and now they’re my entire personality.

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Have you seen ‘Dark Matter’ yet? And… would you go into the box?

September 2, 2024 September 1, 2024 Randi

If you haven’t seen Apple TV+’s “Dark Matter” yet, drop what you’re doing RIGHT NOW and go binge the entire show in one sitting.

Don’t watch the trailer (it gives away major spoilers) and maybe read the book (author: Blake Crouch) first.

And until you do both of those things, STOP READING RIGHT NOW. MAJOR spoilers below!

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What I read: August 2024

August 31, 2024 August 31, 2024 Randi

I’ve been on a bit of a travel memoir kick lately.

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Randi M. Shaffer

Hi! I'm Randi. I spend my days working in forestry and wildfire, my nights instructing yoga and my weekends exploring northern Arizona (and beyond). I'm a former journalist, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and a Midwest native. Welcome!
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