I left the CDT near the Colorado/New Mexico border and headed into Chama. Tired of the constant wind that felt like hungry ghosts demanding to be acknowledged. Worn out from what that does to my nervous system. I not-so-stealth camped in front of the senior center in the middle of town, long past the point […]
I’d walked away from myself just as much as I’d walked away from society. After a month of silence, alone in the mountains, it was time to mingle with the other apes. I travelled south, from Breckenridge to Fairplay and beyond by connecting local buses, to end up stealth camping in Salida. Then hitchhiking from […]
I have been blessed with multiple families. Family is the only reason I exist between trails. The Arizona crew on the homestead. The Attleboro/Pawtucket people. And my Chinese family, who just closed the restaurant that brought me back to New England one last time. The restaurant opened the year I was born. It’s the place […]
I owe a quiet apology to the many people who reached out over the past year and never heard back from me. I’ve been trying to write this post since December, but every time my body would shut down before I could find the words. So if you wrote to me and I disappeared, please […]
I buy $3 shirts instead of doing $5 laundry. Hand-wash shorts in the sink, alternating between my only two pairs. The thick socks I packed sit unused, too heavy for Cancún’s heat. Not speaking Spanish isn’t so much of a hindrance as an unexpected gift. Self-checkout lanes remove the need for language. The world around […]
For the last three months I have been living in Cancun, Mexico, taking a break from hiking, focusing on all the projects I’ve had in my head for far too long. I came to get dental work done, and haven’t yet found a reason to leave. Since I’ve been here, I’ve built a crypto wallet […]
I resumed existence somewhere in the backwoods of Tennessee, summoned to feast with friends, new and old. The gathering was an annual tradition, though it was my first time attending. Hosted by Root 66, the same friend who once led me down a forgotten, snow-laden trail from a frozen mountain, where we stumbled into town […]
Got a little sidetracked after I got off trail… #ilovemushrooms
I woke up in Terminal C of Denver International Airport, having slept on the floor, beneath unforgiving lights. Because people are afraid of each other, I spent another two days stealth camped outside of a UPS store. Waiting for things you aren’t supposed to bring on an airplane. Trekking poles, tent stakes, a pocket knife. […]
In the vortex of family, I’ve found the perfect refuge to ride out the stormy tides of market uncertainty that have me questioning my own situational awareness. Here, in a trailer hidden among whispering pine, down by the river, running with dogs, and happily getting fat. These lazy days, filled with stillness, allow me to […]