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I need a man. This sentence actually ran through my mind last night as I tried to haul 2 loaves of bread, 2 bottles of wine, 8 gifts, 45 turkey meatballs, and my purse through the pouring rain up [...]

Rick Bass once wrote about his Montana wilderness as though it hijacked his piece of mind, his sense of the sacred, and his ability to maintain inner peace. He cherished the landscape and his [...]

{continued from yesterday…} “What about Carson’s Rock?” said Shane. “Is that the bridge down new Ballew’s country store?” Gib smiled, almost the same smile the young gas station attendant had [...]

It was our adventures in Celo that proved to be the most challenging. Down in the South Toe Valley, the river runs North-South and parallels the Black Mountains—the highest range this side of the [...]

Not far from downtown Spruce Pine, across highway 19E near the hospital and up Altapass Road, you’ll see the remnants of Bridge 227W—the footbridge closed by the DOT for safety reasons. It’s not [...]

I’m doing a meditation retreat all weekend and won’t post again until Monday.

{continued from yesterday…} It should have been no surprise that everyone at the grocery store seemed to know Al. We weren’t ten steps to the produce section before he had his arms around [...]

This post is a continuation of my ongoing footbridges project, which began this fall in collaboration with photographer Shane Darwent. So far we have an article, 2 lectures, and an exhibit [...]

I lost 10 pounds! And my workouts from the first training regimen are getting easier. So today I made a new regimen: ROUND TWO EVERYDAY45 mins physical therapy THREE TIMES A WEEKKarate/Jui Jitsu [...]

Good news! I have updloaded the .pdf version of my latest art essay, “Informed Wildness.” Click here to get to my website, where the article link is posted on the sidebar.