Dreams of running
And I had believed so hard that I could stay away
Adventure Unpacked
I write essays about outdoor adventures, mid-life, mental health, the unquenchable thirst for meaning, and learning to love the little joys.
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Life is always work in progress
On reaching the bottom of the so-called “Happiness Curve”
The pursuit of everything
Just so grateful I can move again
It’s a simple life
Here, I don’t need to strive toward beauty and awe. They find me.
All of those impossible somedays
Enjoying the view from the other side of injury
Return to Shangri-La
Paradise is a myth, but it’s good to be here
It’s only stuff
What we carry and what we leave behind
When it’s time to swim
A message in a bottle, from a mountain nine years ago
No longer injured
What I learned over then past 144 days
Grief
Today I am not okay. It’s not about the injury, but it’s day 139
Healing through the apocalypse
Retracing my last run. Injury day 135.
Longest day of the year
Father’s Day and Solstice. Injury day 128.