January 14, 2021 Dear 2020, It’s now been two weeks since you left and I’ve been sitting here with continued discomfort and uncertainty. My heart is searching for the meaning in our tumultuous time together and I wanted to write you this letter when I felt ready. You know I’m not a woman to simply […]
September 17, 2020 This year has inspired some SERIOUS content for memes, Facebook articles, SNL skits, and vulnerable conversation. Sometimes (all the time), it feels like we are living our lives in a post-apocalyptic movie. It feels like we’ve seen it all. A global pandemic, raging wild/megafires, air we can’t breathe (inside, outside, or on […]
Written Tuesday, April 28, 2020 who are youat the depths of your being?this sense of wondercan be quite freeing. yet, it can also spiral usout of controlwho am i?will i ever know? so far from ourselveswe tend to roam.we avoid uncertainty,uncomfortable with the unknown. this discomfort has found uson a grand scaleeach of us asking:how […]
| April 6, 2017 | I spent a good chunk of time in January laying in a dark room with ski goggles covered with cardboard on my face, excessive tearing from my eyes, and pondering the complex thoughts expressed by Alan Watts. I listened to almost 15 hours of Alan Watts’ Out of Your Mind while recovering […]
| February 17, 2017 | It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things. – Nicholas Sparks – The ocean has always been therapeutic for me, and I wasn’t really sure why. I just loosely associated feelings of relaxation with the beach, as my family always vacationed to […]
| January 6, 2017 | My third day in North Cascades National Park was a solo trip. I planned to venture into the park before weather was supposed to turn over the weekend. My goal? To arrive at the trailhead of Hidden Lake Lookout early enough on a Friday morning in September to claim an overnight spot […]
