Colorado-based freelance journalist
They’re calling it the Hundred Year Flood. My boyfriend Steve is in the middle of a 24-hour shift as an EMT, trying to keep Boulder, Colorado from washing away around him. I am alone in our garden level apartment, splashing through the brown, putrid lake that our living room has become, trying to save the […]
MorePeople tell me things. Stuff they don’t usually tell strangers. I went to Whole Foods today to work, but when I got there the place was as jam-packed as a ski lodge at lunchtime. I was roving back and forth, stalking lunchgoers shamelessly as they mowed down their organic tofu spring rolls, when a guy who looked about […]
MoreI’ve been carrying around a book I might never read. The book is currently sitting on my bedside table. Since I left my job at TrainingPeaks to pursue freelance writing two weeks ago, it’s gone with me everywhere. On top of my underwear, extra socks, ski goggles and water bottle, this book gets stuffed into […]
MoreLet’s rewind to June 2010 and be brutally honest for a moment here. It was my first two weeks in New Zealand, and I was miserable. I had just quit my cush, well-paying finance job, said goodbye to my supportive family and amazing friends, and bought a one-way ticket to Queenstown, New Zealand. Here I […]
MoreTwo weeks ago, Steve and I got back from a bike ride to the news that we would have to move–again. In September, the Boulder flood abruptly forced us out of our two-bedroom apartment in South Boulder. We had 36 hours to pack our things and move. We spent a month at a friend’s in […]
MoreI’m starting to believe that there are seasons for everything in life. A season to work hard, a season to play, a season to wander, a season to put down roots and grow. So it makes sense I find myself so invigorated and at home in a place that has actual seasons too. Really looking forward […]
MoreWhen Steve and I first moved from Aspen to Boulder almost two years ago, I was still learning how to mountain bike. For our first ride in Boulder, I picked Walker Ranch based off of trail descriptions I read on the Boulder Mountain Bike Alliance website. I had no real concept of what an “advanced” […]
MoreOne of my good friends recently moved from Boulder, and when he did we didn’t say goodbye. Part of it was an honest miscommunication, but I suspect that a part of it may have been purposeful on both our ends. The day he left, I texted him: “Are you gone?? Dang, I thought you were […]
MoreTo me, there’s no better proof for reincarnation than the phenomenon of chemistry between two individuals who had been strangers. When chemistry happens – whether it’s between you and the opposite sex or the same – it can’t be explained by your background or shared experiences. There’s just something there – a magnetic pull that […]
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Gloria Liu 