Sometimes I feel like I spent years waiting on someone or something. These days I try not to. These days if I want to do a thing, I just do it, with or without someone to do it with. This is hard. I know we are pack animals at heart, but I think about all […]
“But life being what it is – a series of intersecting lives and incidents, out of anyone’s control – Sometimes we’re on a collision course, and we just don’t know it. Whether it’s by accident or by design, there’s not a thing we can do about it.” I’ve been thinking about this quote from Benjamin […]
Sometimes I struggle to have things to say if I don’t have a photo to back it up. Like this week, the only pictures I took the entire week were of a display of donuts so I could decide which to order while I ate my breakfast and a photo of my boss demonstrating prusik […]
Sometimes the weeks feel like a flip book. The pages go by and make a movie but it’s gone in seconds. You flip through again and again. It’s a whir of pictures. Occasionally it stops. Usually in high places, after hard work. Let’s be honest, usually it’s when climbing. That’s why I do it. Like […]
I have so many things to say. Things to say about taking advantage of nice weather at the end of October, about squeezing in adventures, about having restless leg syndrome of the soul. Is that a thing? It’s a thing now. But really what I want to say is that driving into the office on […]
They say it’s rained every weekend for 2 months straight. No wonder my soul feels gray. My dog was restless and following me around the house while I was trying to do chores. So we went for a short hike. There was a lot of mud. But we both came back breathing a little easier. […]
Well you never know how far from home you’re feelingUntil you watch the shadows cross the ceilingWell I don’t know but I can see it snowingIn your car the windows are wide open Come on homeCome on homeNo you don’t have to be aloneJust come on home I’m not sure where home is anymore. I […]
We can never know what we do to them in their minds. I think this sometimes. I don’t know where I heard it or if I even heard it anywhere, I can’t find the source by googling. I think this when someone’s casual comment or action stings. I think it when people get hurt. I […]
Sometimes happiness feels like a broken heart. It’s like that sad song you love, it’s like crying when you’re happy, laughing at a funeral. Joy and sorrow are so close, and inescapably human. I was so happy these days in Indian Lake that it broke my heart. I kept asking myself what we did to […]
Sometimes I wish I could take a rest day from life. Like it’s easy to take a rest day from exercise, because who really wants to do that anyway? But life? Can I get a day off from waking up, showering, feeding myself, dishes, writing blog posts, thinking, doing things, responsibilities, expectations, walking the dog, […]
