Miranda P
Traveler, writer, maker, mom
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Miranda Post is a PR gal by day and writer, traveler, maker and mom the rest of the time.
The mini-vacas involved activities I love (playing scrabble, picking wild strawberries, typing a letter on my new Royal typewriter, drinking tricked out hot chocolate and/or soaking in hot tubs). Since I don’t subscribe to Spotify or Apple Music and frankly don’t have tonnes of time to research new music, I was losing out finding new grooves up my energy and start my days. But here’s my music energy source hack that’s a bit old-school like my 2011 first-run iTouch: I build my library by using Shazam. Music fills my energy stores – if I don’t listen to music in the morning while I’m getting ready, it’s the equivalent to skipping my daily 10,000 units of Vitamin D. Mama
The goal: a few days spent staying in a stylish, bright boho disco Airbnb while we explore the increasingly not-so-hidden gems north of Joshua Tree National Park. It was a pluvial outburst that made me instantly regret renting a VW Beetle to relive my erstwhile youth and save gas dollars instead of driving off in a sensible Toyota Tacoma that the rental agent offered as an upgrade at the Palm Springs airport. The Starship Landing is a property with two houses: the Luna and the Aurora and is owned by a couple from coastal California who wanted their own space while exploring Joshua Tree. Despite the chilly weather in the Yucca Valley we were cozy, comfy and had oodles to do, inside and outside during our sweet little stay at the Starship Landing:
If you’re looking for a fabulous gift for your mama, baby mama, baby mama-to-be or step-mama then Etsy is a fabulous place to start. On a holiday that’s full of gratitude and love, why turn to places like Hallmark and Walmart when you can nab a handmade treasure from a maker. So grab a nice card from your local library book shop, book store or art gallery and fill it with a handwritten Etsy ‘I owe you’ and consider ordering a slightly tardy but totally handmade or retro gift from the collection below. This simple linen apron will protect her clothes while also supporting the indie, boss lady shop Pine & Paddle based in Winnipeg. For baker mom, these walnut and birch rolling pins are made with love in Wakefield, Quebec.
My lady posse exists throughout British Columbia but are they’re also sprinkled like the brightest fucking sparkle confetti in the political wilds of Quebec, the stampeding flatlands of Alberta and the far, far away playgrounds of Australia, the US and South Africa. To catch up on all things Womens’ History Month check out the insta-feed for The Lily News’ a women’s newspaper affiliated with The Washington Post. How New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden is showing true leadership as her country mourns the death of muslims who were killed in the country’s largest mass shooting as told by Al Jazeera. I’m so thankful to lady friends who were off island and who bought me copies of the Globe and Mail shortly after a petite, Indigenous power house with the initials JWR charged her way into the room to speak truth to power in late February.