Crete
Photo Credit: Azure Blank. I am going to the wedding of Azure’s cousin next week. A few weeks ago I was worrying about what…
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Meknes
Traveling isn’t like thru hiking, but it is, too. It’s the same selfish glee of doing things on your own timeline. Of being outside…
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Missing Home: My Two Year Trail Anniversary
I am homesick. On this day two years ago I put my first footsteps on the Pacific Crest Trail, the trail that became my…
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Finding My Home
Today was the kind of day we dream about all winter long in Seattle. It rose cold and bright, freezing my nose hairs as…
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How To Get What You Want
It’s pretty easy, but somehow it’s also hard to do… In the great outdoors it’s so easy to get swept up in doing what…
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The Void
There is a hole in me. It’s been there since I can remember, right at the center of me–where my lungs meet my stomach….
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Perfectionism
River is furiously pulling at the leash, trying to drag a human nearly three times her weight down the street by a belt loop….
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A Body Not My Own
“The men’s bathroom is down the hall,” I hear, and let it drift into the babble that is all the conversation that doesn’t pertain…
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Love Letter to America
Dear United States of America, I am unabashedly, devotedly in love with you. And on this day, with all the hearts and flowers surrounding…
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Meditating on Nature
After years of being told that meditation works, I’ve actually tried it now. Unsurprisingly, it does, in fact, work. My meditation places me in the…
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Coming Home
The birds were out today. For the first time in a long time my mind was quiet enough to hear them. The last few…
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Rise Up
There are two types of fear: survival and illusory. The former is healthy and helpful while the latter is not. It is important to…
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