Author: cleanshave

The Return of Bernard, the Burglar Cat

Cat Burglar and the Golden Egg is now available on Amazon Kindle! Bernard, the burglar cat, is a nod to one of my all-time favorite mystery series: the Burglar novels by Lawrence Block. Like Block’s books, Bernard’s story let me play with the line between crime and fun, but with whiskers, a tail, and a […]

Two New Books Now Available on Amazon Kindle

It has been nearly seven years since I last published anything. In that time, I’ve wandered across deserts and mountaintops, lived out of my backpack, slept under the stars, and completely lost track of what it means to sit still long enough to write a book. The truth is, life has been both amazing, and […]

Florida to Cancun

Hiking across Florida was everything I’d hoped, good people, endless sky, and a life spent outside. But beneath the ease of it all, a nagging thought filled me with subtle dread. A goal left unfinished. Something that felt beyond my capabilities, beyond what I could take on while living out of a backpack. And yet, […]

Alice Wallet: Stellar Testnet Tutorial

Welcome to Alice Alice, or AIus, is an experimental DeFi token built on the Stellar network that leverages the network’s functionality in the hope of providing consistent returns to those who trust her with their assets. Alice has her own Stellar wallet that provides this functionality to help you reach your financial goals. Since many […]

Alice: Onboarding

Welcome to Alice, an open and permisionless protocol that was built to provide steady returns against the US dollar. Simplifying the process of growing your savings. She is an experimental alternative to current savings options, operating autonomously and without the need for human input or management. Alice works 24/7 to grow the value held in […]

The Winter Pilgrimage

The winter pilgrimage begins on New Year’s Day at the Southernmost Point of the United States in Key West, but I was already a day behind, and had only made it as far south as Marathon when I saw the first familiar faces hiking north.   Longshot, hiking with Peg Leg on her audacious border-to-border calendar […]