Oct 211 min readDay HikesIndian, Shy Bear, and Quarry | Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland ParkAbundant ferns and moss glisten with yesterday’s rain. Banana slugs drag slime across flats of mud. The mid-morning sun peeks between...
Oct 21 min readDay HikesWest Tiger & Nook Trail, IssaquahWe start the hike cold: cold ears and cold arms and we walk in the shade and I stuff my fingers in my pockets and I think about mom like...
Oct 13 min readIn the CityNotes from SeattleI've been holding off on writing until a cloudy day, because I know we're owed many weeks and months' worth of bottomless grey, and...
Jul 195 min readGetawaysSunrise Beach, MOThe drive to Sunrise Beach, MO was long and slow; Sara and I kept 70 to 75 on the gauge while listening to bad 60s. The scent of the lake...
May 53 min readDay HikesBronco TrailThe road to Bronco Trail is mostly paved except for the last couple of miles, when I dodge occasional potholes on packed gravel. My...
May 23 min readDay HikesFremont Saddle, Superstition MountainsOn Wednesday, my first official day off from work, I head back to the Superstition Mountains, a place I haven't been since 2022, when...
Apr 305 min readDay HikesTom's Thumb trailI start the Sonoran desert hike just before 9 am, the rocky peaks of the McDowell mountains a crisp outline against the cloudless blue....
Apr 221 min readVignettesA brief two milesThe swaying trees squeak like rusted porch swings in the cool April breeze, autumn-like but with a different scent— hints of honeysuckle...
Mar 2610 min readGetawaysHilton Head Island, SCMy balcony here on Hilton Head Island faces north, to the tennis courtyard and warm orange glow of peoples' apartment homes. Loud voices...
Nov 20, 202312 min readSwitzerlandSwitzerland & FranceTHE HIKES Gantrisch Nature Park, Nunenenberg Leiterepass Schwalmere: The hike started out in cold fog that shrouded two mountain peaks;...
Oct 8, 20234 min readIn the CityThe final days, BerlinIn Berlin my last two weeks, I showed Austin the midnight trains, the potato place, the Spandau gym, the apartment that plagued me with...
Aug 28, 202315 min readSpainIbiza & the weekendWednesday On Wednesday we took transit with just two backpacks to the Valencia airport, where we hopped on the shortest flight we've ever...