Fall in love with being alive
My internal mantra used to be “I just want to make nice things and get enough sleep.” These days my mantra seems to be “I just want to do everything and still get enough sleep” I’m just not happy doing one thing anymore, the world is so wide and incredible and I want so much […]
Tommy Caldwell said in an instagram post “It turns out this trip was about showing our kids that joy and suffering are 2 sides of the same coin. A great reminder we should strive to live as much of our lives as possible like that.” I’ve thought about this idea a lot since coming down […]
The summer days that were dripping by have now turned into a river. Not just metaphorically, literally the Saint Lawrence River. It’s clear and deep and rough with chop and other boats and a thousand islands. 1,864 islands to be exact. On days like these I wish I could live forever. I wish I could […]
This week was an Eagles song “Take It easy, take it easyDon’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazyLighten up while you still canDon’t even try to understandJust find a place to make your stand and take it easy” If only the sound of my own wheels didn’t drive me crazy, I […]
I have a cold or something. People have said “feel better” or “I’m sorry you’re sick” but mostly all I can think is that I had it coming. Monday I had planned to go bouldering and to a yoga class but I had a migraine so I spent the evening laying on the couch with […]
I’ve been seeing these things online and I don’t know who the original source is so I’m just going to steal them and if it’s a problem I will take this down. But I don’t have any words of my own so I need these words to at least say some of what I’m feeling. […]
In the time before I fall asleep, when I’m still a little bit awake, I sometimes dream about the things I repeated all day. Since I’m not really asleep and not really awake it feels like these things are really happening until I finally go one way or the other, asleep or awake. Unfortunately this […]
I have a superstition. The superstition is that I need to wear my blue t-shirt that says “gravity and I respectfully disagree” to bed the night before I go climbing outdoors in order for it to be a good day. You know, it’s like pro-sports athletes but without the paycheck to show for it. Also […]
It’s been years since I was in school (11 to be exact) but each year around this time I start to get that feeling. You know the one. The one where you look outside at those beautiful blue skies and you feel a physical ache somewhere in your chest. The one where you don’t hear […]
Joy is watching my 17 month old niece waddle-run down the hill toward a playground with her arms thrown up in the air. What is there to say about joyful days? Except that you always wish they would never end. The weekend brought me from Binghamton to Corning to Pittsburgh to Corning to Binghamton. Weirdly […]
