A few characters As a field biologist, I often said there was a reason I worked alone in the woods for so many years. Not quite a misanthrope, I don’t suffer fools […]
The characters take the stage
Dog parking at the end of the trail
When the season’s over There are fewer than five miles of roads on an island more than 500 miles from the nearest landmass. At the end of the season, ride your snowmobile […]
ArtSunday: It’s time for Everything is a Photograph Day #eiapd
What do you do when you live in Denver, Colorado and you can’t think of a thing to photograph? My creativity has always run in cycles: explosive bursts of vision, cooler periods of crafting, […]
The hope interval: what is happiness?
I have launched myself headlong into the hope interval. As always, the cynic in me is now at war with the romantic. There’s this moment we all know. It’s the period between […]
Day by day
The beginning As you may know, in October 2018, I spent three weeks in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard as a member of The Arctic Circle, an annual expeditionary residency program. Sailing […]
Happy freaking birthday, geezer: job hunting and ageism
Job hunting is hard, and a lot harder once you hit 50. It’s important to keep your head up and stay focused on your value, but only hiring companies can actually do […]
There are no words
Death I know that there are no words to make death better and so, I often remain silent for too long when people I know suffer a loss.
Long-form blogging in a tl;dr world
Short version: Hi! Things R awesome. Wish U were here. Mwah! Hi! It’s your friendly neighborhood contrarian and purple prose addict here, and I just want to take a short moment of […]
Keep your head up
No matter how hard the world tries to make you look down, the view is better with your head up. – I don’t do inspirational, but this was a little too relevant […]
OK, people. Listen up. This is not a drill.
This is a drill. One early autumn afternoon, toward the end of The Arctic Circle residency, many of the residents and crew were on deck pulling down the sails from our morning […]
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