Abbey’s Road(less traveled)
I walked out of Harry W Schwartz’s booksellers on Downer Ave with a copy of Desert Solitaire when I was 14 or 15. Parts of it confused me – camping […]
A Migration of Birds
My friend Jenny – of Spokes and Petals – recently began posting a bird poem for each day of the month, as #MudSongs . Yesterday -the anniversary of my father’s […]
Negative Splits
I am terrible at training. I am a late-comer to running, beginning in my early twenties and not becoming serious about it until 23. In high school, I eschewed running […]
Being Bad is More Fun
When I moved up to Alaska, there were a few things that I knew I would have to get better at to make it through I winter. I knew I […]
Going Home
I was reading Travels With Charley on the plane ride back to Milwaukee. This was the first year I had ever missed Christmas with my family and I was feeling […]
Getting Comfortable in the Dark
The other day, I decided to look at the sunrise-sunset tables for Anchorage. Any seasoned Alaskan I have mentioned this decision to sighs. For, it seems clearly silly to prepare […]
In Defense of Exploring Alone
I drop Emma off at work, on a Sunday. Our friendship and relationship – our passion and respect – was born out of a desire to play outside as much […]
Living Disaster Style, Or, Why I Am Fine With Failing
Driving back from Lander, Wyoming, towing a broken down 99 Subaru Outback with a nearly broken down Chevy one ton, my traveling partner and I listened to a radio show. […]
What am to do now, without my fears?
We woke up to instant coffee, grits and eggs, the hissing of the small stove kept me company in the dark, 4:30am start. Talking always hard at such an hour, […]
Too Quick to Celebrate – Thoughts on a Once Dam
A firm slap of wings on water and a creaky call draws my attention from the steady rhythm of my feet over the rough dried dirt path. A heron takes […]
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