Skirt May 2014

Stop putting the brakes on your life.

That yellow caution light? Disable it

for a while. Go full speed ahead on

a project that seems pointless. Yes,

you can learn to read music just for

fun. Yes, you can write the book you

think no one will buy. Yes, you can

stop stalling and look for a new job.

Cover copy by Nikki Hardin, art by Skopein

“Let us step into the night and pursue that �ighty temptress, adventure.”

J.K. Rowling

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F R E E

E s c a p e t h e o r d i n a r y .

Worry less about crashing and more

about being stuck in cruise control.

Recant “can’t.” What if you never step

out of line? Never gamble your peace

of mind? Never trouble the world?

Life will just climb through the window

if you try to lock the door on it. It

wants your Yes, your Now, your Full

Monty. Out there, you’ll �nd danger

and dragons, detours and disappoint-

ments, but it’s also full of magic and

miracles, joy and juice. Go get some.

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A mission to build a colony on Mars is underway. More than 200,000 applied for the

adventure. From that, 1,058 candidates were selected. I know one of them. Maybe you

do, too. Jan Millsapps, a writer and filmmaker, was my professor at the University of

South Carolina when I was in grad school. Yes, she’s one of those hoping to relocate

to the fourth planet from the sun. As I follow her Facebook updates, I wonder if she

will. First, she’d have to be selected for the next round, which involves

some sort of simulated life-on-Mars reality TV-ish experience.

Then, she’d have to leave loved ones for a trip from which

she doesn’t expect to return. We all have our dream

adventures, and I guess there’s only one person who

has to think they make sense. Otherwise, we might not

have had Amelia Earhart, Nellie Bly or Sally Ride. This

month, you can read in our pages about Earth-bound

adventures, maybe even dream up one of your own. And

if you’re curious about Jan’s next chapter, keep tabs on her

through Twitter @JanOnMars.

Jenny [email protected]

Features

Shark SwimLeslie Absher .......................................32

Shakira and MeKim O’Donnell ...................................58

In Every Issue

Just Add… ..........................................34

Menu ...................................................37

He’s So Original ...............................41

Always .................................................42

Spring Fever.......................................45

skirt! Style ........................................50

Hello April ....................................... 54

Skirt of the Month ...........................57

We Salute ..........................................67

Take 4 .................................................69

The Smile List ...................................71

Meet ....................................................72

XOXO Nikki ....................................75

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inappropriate for the publication. All content of this magazine,

including without limitation the design, advertisements, art, photos

and editorial content, as well as the selection, coordination and

arrangement thereof, is Copyright © 2014, Morris Publishing Group, LLC.

All Rights Reserved. No portion of this magazine may be copied

or reprinted without the express written permission of the publisher.

SKIRT!® is a registered trademark of Morris Publishing Group, LLC.

Features

Lady in Red M. Terry Bowman .............................11

Alone in the Desert Susan Harian .....................................13

In Every Issue

Letter from the Editor .....................4

He’s So Original ...............................23

Skirt of the Month ...........................29

Product .................................................9

Typewriter .........................................26

Meet ....................................................24

XOXO Nikki ....................................34

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FIND YOUR SENSE OF

A-D-V-E-N-T-U-R-EAs simple as opening a book.

Or closing a chapter.

Do people still �y around the world in hot air balloons?

Very funny, I get it now. We’re inside adventure!

Exciting times to be alive.

Never say “I can’t,” “I won’t ever,” or “It’s not possible.”

Time to buy roller skates, �y a kite or have an exotic vinegar-tasting party.

Usually an adventure is an undertaking that is bold.

Risky.

Exciting.

May is the month to do something you can’t believe you did.



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"I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived."

Anna Louise Strong

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Pack light. Trek the terrain with a knapsack named Alice on your back

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Ibn Battuta

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Put away the map and put on a pair of Freewaters—you’re headed for the unknown.

Collect photos, collect travel stickers, collect time you spend lost—that isn’t lost time.

Turn the wrong way into the right way. It’s your way.

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Asian Proverb

d es t i n a t i o n : y o u o n l y l i v e o n c e .

Slip your passport into your Kate Spade handbag and soar overseas.

Craving quiet? Try St. Andrews. Spicy salsa clubs? Barcelona is for you. Endless blue?

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"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes,

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Marcel Proust

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My boots are constantly itching to find the perfect place to live. Like Goldilocks, I’m always looking for “just right.” A place I’d recognize instantly, where I’d feel at home in my body, at peace in my soul,

at one with the landscape. It’s not that I think my life would be better elsewhere, but that I’d finally belong somewhere. But this yearning seems to me innately human. Aren’t we always scanning the horizon, straining to catch a glimpse of heaven?

When it’s probably the ground under our feet and the people we carry in our hearts, no matter where we are.

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I want to know how the

sun looks like rising over

an African plain. How the

rain sounds on an English

moor. How the thyme-

and sun-scented hills of

Greece smell on a summer

afternoon. Home is never

enough for me, and yet

home is a haven I hate to

leave. Maybe I’ll never take

the Trans-Siberian Railway,

but my imagination has a

ticket to ride.

“We are

homesick most

for the places

we have never

known.”

Carson McCullers

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t h i s m o n t h I a m l o v i n g ~

BIKING TO STARBUCKS, FOLDABLE WELLIES, COLD PINK ZIN...And the hot new single “Seasons” by Future Islands.

May days Trying

My new French press

Treating Myself To Citrusy pamplemousse

skin cream

Anticipating Lucinda Williams

at Spoleto

Turning Up the Heat

With Bacchanal Pepper Sauce

Painting One bedroom wall

dirty pink.

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xoxonikki

will �nd me:

Worship each moon as if it's the first you've

seen.

Wearing “Kickass Kentuckian”

tee on May 3rd


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