* new blog category! What's here now: Expressions of the present moment. Thoughts, feelings, experiences, honesty. Thanks for sharing the moment with me.* ... What's here now? Inspiration to travel! To just pick up and go somewhere, indefinitely... Soaring thoughts. Windswept, feathery, wispy, slick, driving, awe-inspiring, cliffy, craggy, coasting, slowing, slowing, slowing... breathing.. breathing... It's a beautiful …
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What are you doing with your life? … a response. For parents, grandparents, friends, strangers, whoever.
My soul is on a healing and experiential journey. My priority is to follow that and enjoy the ride along the way. I am not currently concerning myself too much with my "success" by society's standards. That is a black hole of negative self-talk for me and takes me away from feeling my way forward. …
Nature Heals
I took a walk in nature today, and it absolutely transformed my mental state. I walked out the door full to bursting with flitting thoughts, anxieties, shoulds and should-nots, judgments, fears, questions, discomfort. It was actually, on some level, just a lucky chance that I actually went out there - in my moments of serious …
Happy Birthday to Me! + Thoughts on Bravery
It's my birthday! I'm in Pescadero, CA with the beautiful Kyrstin Lulow, and it is crisp and chilly but sunny outside, a great day to spend time outside, and also a great day to spend time in a coffee shop in a cute little town. It's a great day to be alive! I've been struggling with …
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Open Letter to Liberal America: Let’s Choose Compassion
First : To anyone who feels afraid for their safety as a result of this election or just by the course of life in this country as you know it - I am sorry. I love you, and I'm sorry. This situation is about you much more than it should be about me. Everyone in this country deserves …
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Limbo, and Learning about Myself
Hello everyone! Happy Halloween! This is my first blog post that isn't related to my thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail (and has nothing to do with Halloween, sorry if I got your hopes up). For those of you that followed the blog because you wanted to keep up to date on my PCT trip, …
Update #12: Walking to Canada
Hello everyone! I hope you are well! This final update comes to you from Fairfax, CA, which means that I have, at long last, landed at home. My long hike is over. My last days on the trail were truly wonderful. The weather held out for me from Stevens Pass right up to the border! (The rain …
Trail Update #11: Rain and Pain
Day 130, 12 noon, Stevens Pass WA Hi everyone! It's been longer than usual between updates this time, and for that I apologize. I've been fully in the flow of hiking and experiencing and being with the people out here as well as with my constantly-evolving thoughts... It's been challenging and rewarding, miserable and joyful. …
Trail Update #10
Day 112, 10:30 AM, near Bend OR Hello friends, fam, and fans! Over the last 10 days or so I've covered quite a bit of ground, making my way from Ashland to Santiam Pass (mile 1998) where my grandpa picked me up and brought me to the beautiful home of his friends Mike and Katie …
Trail Update #9: Reflections on Solitude
Day 101, Ashland, OR, 2:00 PM (I've been out here over 100 days now? Wow.) Hello hello from Oregon! That's right, Oregon! Two days ago I finished the California stretch of the PCT, which is just under 1700 miles and almost 2/3 the length of the entire trail. I feel pretty accomplished and definitely relieved …
Expressions from this side of the here & now 