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The Songs (and Dances) of Beautiful, Badass Backpackers
A reverie on four fantastic days in the Grand Canyon Day 1 Intake of breath as each bend in the trail reveals stunning view after stunning view. The rattle of ravens soaring above, and swooping below, the sheer cliffs of Coconino (sandstone). The twisting butt drop,...
Where the Wind Blows
Where the wind blows—something I think about a lot as a sailor. And something to be heeded during fire season here in the west. Where the wind blows, and how very hard, is fearsome this treacherous hurricane season. The wind can be violent, or...
Body as Landscape/Body as Art
Deb: For decades, maybe most of my life (since my father, an Earth Science teacher, started telling me about geomorphology when I was a kid), I’ve been an ardent student of landscapes. Part of that, as a professional geologist, was developing studies to characterize...
Paws-ed
In my last post, I chose to reframe “stuck” to “paused” and that was a helpful shift. But I have been paws-ed in another way since April, when I met a tiny puppy the day after she opened her eyes. The grandniece of our beloved Capi, this tiny Coton de Tulear puppy...
Paused
I had started a piece titled Stuck, but have decided to shift that sentiment. And so, I’ll say I’m Paused. Given the privileges I enjoy in life, I can hardly call myself stuck. That doesn’t mean that hurdles don’t appear in the path I’d like to travel. Some of those...
Grieving
I am. I am not special in that. We all grieve. It’s universal, yet unique. I have grieved before, so I thought I knew. But it turns out it is also unique for each person grieved and for each time it comes. I have been wondering—despite having a life I feel such...
Flying Lessons—part 5
Here's the conclusion to Flying Lessons, but just the start to a life of adventure for young Will Ross. I hope you'll read No More Empty Spaces, my debut novel, which picks up on Will's life decades later as he takes his family to a remote and rugged region of Turkey...
Flying Lessons—part 4
At the end of the last installment, Will thought, Gone wrong. This day’s gone wrong. If only his day had gotten better from there...but sometimes they don't. Despite that, Will realized he was hungry. His nostrils twitched at the smell of raw onion when he pulled the...
Flying Lessons—part 3
Keep reading for the next installment of Flying Lessons. How will young Will Ross’ day progress? Joe smiled down at Will and, again, patted him on the back. “Okay, then, ready to go?” Will nodded. “Thanks, Joe.” Afternoon chores were feeding and watering the pigs and...
Flying Lessons–part 2
Here's the second part of the short story, Flying Lessons. If you're reading my novel, No More Empty Spaces, you know that Will Ross is its protagonist, and he is of this story as well, but as a young boy. Intent on the kite, the whack across Will’s right ear and the...
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