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Cathy S Iselin's avatar

Beautiful!

Michele M Potter's avatar

I missed you so much this winter. Thank you for reading!

Be Scott's avatar

This is so Michele Potter. This is why I love you, friend!

Michele M Potter's avatar

Thank you so much, Be. And I have been meaning to congratulate you on your recent Taos News editorial. You keep me reading the constitution, and you help me keep the faith.

Chas Curtis's avatar

In Zen, they say mountains are only mountains. But after 30 years of teaching, the mountains also become a place of wisdom, joy, and deep connection. Congratulations on this wonderful milestone and on the many people you’ve inspired both on and off the slopes

Andi Penner's avatar

I have loved my children for thirty-plus(plus) years and written in journals for more than half a century. And I remember meeting you thirty years ago in our respective doctoral programs. We shared a mid-life crisis together! Here's to you, my writer-friend. xo

Michele M Potter's avatar

Andi, yes, we go back a long ways! Skiing—and friends like you—got me through that divorce crisis. Grateful!

larry buechley's avatar

Maybe it’s because I teach skiing too, but I LOVE your writing—the way you take our little, and often exclusive, world of ski instruction, and connect it to such profound ideas. ❤️ N

Michele M Potter's avatar

I appreciate you, Larry, in the locker room and for reading my Substacks!

Michele M Potter's avatar

Thank you, Chas. Someone said I must really know the mountain by now. Others know it better than me. But I am feel sure that after all this time together, the mountain knows me.

Michelle Terrill Heath's avatar

Ah I love how this came together. GREAT job!

Anne Silver's avatar

Thanks for sharing! Hope to see you on the mountain next season.

Sky Sheridan's avatar

Make the most of the mountains that are given to you. Thank you, Michele what a gift you are.