The Vignettes
Walk with me down the trail.
For two years, we lived in a tent trailer while traveling the American West. To document the kind of adventure I’d never have again, I told our stories through weekly vignettes.
We’ve left the RV life for now, but still continue to recount adventure’s ups and downs, our relationship with the outdoors, the wonderful disaster of parenting, and the struggle to catch lightening in the creative bottle.
If the Devil Had a Garden
Maybe there was a thread of recognition that passed between us, our paths having crossed before, and that’s why I noticed it. Admiring its reflection in a once-shiny chrome motorcycle gas tank.
The Boomerang Crux
There was always another crux on the horizon - aiming to hurry up and finish this one doesn't actually help. The crux is just like the mountain because it's not going to bend and you aren't really either.
Four Signs at Thukla Pass
At Thukla Pass in Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal, treekers crest a hill strung with prayer flags. This is not unusual. Nor or the rock cairns or the stacked stone fences that wouldn't be out of place in the Irish countryside.
