Soothing Tortoise Massage, LMT #8359

04/10/2026

04/09/2026

A conversation with Michael Rooker was a success! Thank you to everyone who came out.

See you at Cineport 10 for the screening of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and a Q&A tonight at 6:00 PM, 6:15 PM, 6:30 PM, and 6:45 PM!

04/06/2026

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link to video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUD8CA_DppE/?igsh=ams2NzkzaGh3Y2U5

03/26/2026

Remember those brown paper bags my wife snuck into my Iditarod drop bags before the race? (It’s in the videos leading into the race of what’s packed in drop bags if you haven’t).
Well what a treat! At every checkpoint for 1,000 miles I had a little reminder of who’s waiting for me on the other end and who’s thinking of us right now. Each one with its own custom note of encouragement for me and the dogs. The closer to Nome I got the more “frisky” those notes became! I kept telling her via inreach, “baby the dogs and my legs can only run so fast”!
I highly recommend that if you have a special person running the Iditarod you treat them like this. So much fun and motivation to receive all these surprises along the trail. Most filled with chocolate kisses, sour patch kids, jerky sticks, muffins, and love. Thank you baby! Can’t wait for next year 😊
This photo was leaving Shak crossing the Sound. A damn good run to be thinking positive thoughts on!!!!

03/25/2026

03/24/2026

The Blanket Fairies of Nome. Every year at the end of the race teams are brought into the Nome dog lot where mushers keep their teams in the interim between finishing and flying them back out to go home. Dog lot coordinator Kathy and all of the wonderful people who volunteer their time throughout the day and night watch over the teams to make sure that no one but the mushers and handlers enter into the area and it provides us with a sense of peace and security knowing that our dogs are looked after when we are sleeping at our host families and during events throughout the day. During the night volunteers look over the teams noting down dogs who may need to be looked at by vets in the morning. Making sure each line has a dog attached to it and that none have made an attempted escape. Bring straw around to dogs who may need a little extra or who decided to sleep on the ground instead of in their beds for the night. Our favorite thing is waking up in the morning to give the dogs their breakfast meal and seeing a few of our dogs who may have been a bit chilly during the night tucked in with blankets that appear out of nowhere. The love, the care and the pure hearted people who care enough to go the extra step to make sure our team is as comfortable as possible warms our hearts. We may never meet said volunteer that preformed this wholesome act (as they all take shifts throughout the day) but the Nome Dog Lot Blanket Fairies will always hold a special place our hearts ❤️

03/18/2026

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more — and nothing but happiness come through your door!
Keep Calm and Shamrock On! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ~ Soothing Tortoise Massage ☘️

03/17/2026