Sometimes I forget how I got to be this way. That point was driven home by a few trips to the Midwest this winter. The… Continue reading
Sunday, I photographed some caribou close to my home. As I photographed them, a couple looked curiously at me, but they didn’t seem particularly interested… Continue reading
It’s been a while since I’ve attended a good-old-fashioned social event — albeit this one was technically still for work. Being part of the Homer… Continue reading
It was kind of happenstance that I spent the last month living and working in Juneau. I’d heard of the Alaska Center for Excellence in… Continue reading
In video games, there’s often a defined pathway for progression — a direct, prescribed set of challenges meant to be tackled in a certain order… Continue reading
It’s not much of a secret, I think, that winter is not my favorite season. Ironic, perhaps, considering I’ve made my home a place where… Continue reading
I am in the back row of “Nutcracker 2023” warmups on the high school stage. My head is by the pre-set elaborate Christmas tree, decorated… Continue reading
I couldn’t write my Out of the Office column this week. Too hard. How is one supposed to settle on an appropriately outdoorsy topic amongst… Continue reading
For the last few weeks, I’ve poked my head out the window each morning hoping for signs of snow. It’s certainly been cold enough. Eagerly… Continue reading
Sometimes I need a reminder to just breathe. It’s easy to get caught up in the day, with my workload or errands or the generally… Continue reading
I sometimes find my love for being outdoors dampened by feelings of anxiety. I’ve always been what people may call a nervous individual, and that… Continue reading
I don’t feel like I’ve been outside much lately. The problem is I have been outside a lot lately. In “The Circle Game,” Joni Mitchell… Continue reading
Sometimes I make a cup of coffee just to feel something. That is, holding a warm mug and sipping some delicious — caffeinated — beverage… Continue reading
Growing up spending my summers in one outdoor activity camp or another, my favorite days of all were the ones when the instructor told us… Continue reading
The longer I live in Alaska, the more I worry that I’m taking it for granted. Like a lot of transplants, I spent the first… Continue reading
Sunday at the Skyline Trail, a lost jacket gave me a chance for an endurance experiment. At about 6 p.m., I finished a three-mile climb… Continue reading
All my life, I’ve been the member of the group who’s in charge of the map. Somewhere along the way, I began to conflate that… Continue reading
