Last night as I listened to the bell chime on the porch thrashing wildly about, I was grateful for the day behind me. I had risen, as I often do, two full hours before sunrise and I was on the road as twilight shifted from…
“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” Diane Ackerman Spring officially began at 2:58 pm. The event, which always…
I fell asleep last night thinking about my first sunrise hike up Rattlesnake in months. I didn’t go solo this summer, instead spending my precious time at Mt Rainier. I briefly considered taking Yoda, but quickly changed my mind. Night is always when the…
Blue ghost fireflies Perfect crescent moon Star hanging from the moon Nautical twilight .. ghost blue. Sam in my dream … All the birds. Family of deer Lingering fog Charlie, at my massage Why I mostly hate RA. Most random post ever. But here…
It has been a challenging couple of weeks. Smoke, haze and outright unhealthy time outdoors. I almost passed on a hike today. I had to be up by 3:15 am and I haven’t been sleeping well at all. Last night I felt the cumulative effect…
August 17, 2018 Hardest physical day in a couple years. I felt like I did before that bad RA flare a couple years ago. Tonight, it’s a hot soak. TODAY was a “love list”. Sometimes thinking about stuff you love can turn a day around…
From my bed I can watch first light against the silhouette of a snowy Mount Rainier. While yesterday was a settling in and ‘meeting my school mates’ day, today will be a day of setting up my space, a nice massage in Ashford and a beginning…
