by Julia Taylor | Apr 4, 2019 | Stories & Lessons
I want to talk about something that bugs me. It’s something I hear a lot from other people, especially women. I hear it from my friends, and I hear it from strangers. “I wish I had your life.” “I’m living vicariously through you.” “You’re so lucky.” I will be the...
by Julia Taylor | Mar 27, 2019 | Stories & Lessons
I felt a nervous chill as I wrote that title. It feels uncomfortable to share what I am about to share, because a lot of it goes against popular opinions about why people get cancer. But I’ve got this feeling, like I have to share this…I’ve got this...
by Julia Taylor | Mar 20, 2019 | Stories & Lessons
When I started mountain biking almost 20 years ago in Maryland, I was a terrible rider. I was about 25 pounds heavier than I am now, and I had a crappy hardtail that was too big for me. Pretty much every ride involved an epic crash in which I scraped or bruised some...
by Julia Taylor | Mar 13, 2019 | Stories & Lessons
I have a little bit of a confession to make. It’s something I used to be borderline ashamed of, and it wasn’t something I openly shared with my audience. I don’t print my own work. I work with production partners to print and ship all of my prints, stationery, and...
by Julia Taylor | Mar 6, 2019 | Stories & Lessons
On Monday of this week, I posted an Instagram story with shots of Brian and me skiing powder below a perfect bluebird sky. I captioned it “Just another amazing Monday”. Video showed Brian jumping into an untouched powder field, blissfully making figure eight turns...
by Julia Taylor | Feb 27, 2019 | Stories & Lessons
My first ski season in Colorado, I wanted to be in a Warren Miller movie. Well – maybe I didn’t actually want to be in one of his movies, but I at least wanted to feel like I was in one. I skied over 70 days that year, and I went from being a blue-black...
