Raw Archives - dirt + tears

Cheer on “The Freelancer” Performed at “Imposter Theatre”

Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 by Natasha

“So, what are you doing now that the winter season is over?” “So, what is your plan?” “So, are you still going to work at Kirkwood?” These are the lyrics of the record that plays on repeat... Read More

No More Talking About Sex

Posted on December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 by Natasha

If you have not yet read my piece in Issue 7 of SISU Magazine “Lawful Bodies” titled Sex Is An Adventure, do so now. I’ll wait. Although the article itself is interesting, I feel tha... Read More

Passionately Preoccupied

Posted on November 21, 2019November 27, 2019 by Natasha

Elite adventure athletes – the climbers free soloing El Capitan, the alpinists summiting Mount Everest without oxygen, the backcountry skiers jump turning through sloughing chutes. They choose e... Read More

Real love. That’s it.

Posted on March 22, 2018March 23, 2018 by Natasha

Four years and one day ago I met Cory Iverson. I remember the moment I first saw him, standing at the top of a set of stairs, right outside the apartment he, and my best friend, had been living togeth... Read More

Not using your brain [Concussion Part 3 of 4]

Posted on February 13, 2018March 1, 2018 by Natasha

In the span of two weeks, I experienced nearly constant pain, confusion, and frustration. I felt lost and the people I turned to for answers, did not seem to care much or have time to explain anything... Read More

What just happened? [Concussion Part 2 of 4]

Posted on February 13, 2018March 1, 2018 by Natasha

Amber and I were riding up the chairlift together. Chair 11, The Reut. This season, we had both taken a women’s clinic from the EK program, twice. “I feel like it’s given me this new found confi... Read More

Glowing with the most proud smile

Posted on July 25, 2017August 1, 2017 by Natasha

I was about a year and a half, maybe two years old. We had just moved into the home that I “grew up in” (from this age until age 11 or 12). Our two bedroom house had a large front yard with a big ... Read More

The moment that you cannot capture in a photo

Posted on July 23, 2017July 27, 2017 by Natasha

We rolled into the parking lot, obeying the 15 mile per hour limit, and my excitement begins to increase seeing the scattered people looking up on the ridge, with binoculars and spotting scopes in han... Read More

Gaze over the edge and grab a rope

Posted on July 10, 2017July 21, 2017 by Natasha

Picture in your mind, someone you have interacted with, who has been struck by grief. Imagine anyone you have crossed paths with suffering from the gut wrenching, agonizing, and heartbreaking, l... Read More

Keep the memories alive

Posted on July 10, 2017July 20, 2017 by Natasha

A little less than two years ago, I was traveling in Sydney, Australia, a week or two into a two and a half month solo trip. The trip commenced in Kauai, Hawaii, USA, for five days, continued onto the... Read More