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For Steven

For Steven

by | Aug 21, 2019 | Dispatches, Nature, Sunday Deliberations

Mother Nature teases me, signaling fall’s approach, Her intentions manifested in the wind, played through rustling leaves losing their glossiness, shards of sunlight piercing the canopies at angles lowered for the autumn dance between Earth and Sun. Shades from Her...
First Ruck at the Lake

First Ruck at the Lake

by | Jul 24, 2019 | Dispatches from Fishhawk Lake, Nature, Rucking

I went on a ruck, the first since having moved my cheese into the woods. Unpacking, organizing, and making a nest continues, but the forest called out to me, and I answered by putting boots on the ground. My decision to take a hiking pole paid off during ascents and...
Tualatin Hills Nature Park

Tualatin Hills Nature Park

by | Apr 28, 2019 | Dispatches, Lifestyle, Nature, Rucking

I used to begin my rucks from the house, but the idiots driving without concern for the safety of pedestrians has persuaded me to drive and park at a nature preserve. Enduring traffic noise and tension on the streets began to piss me off, downgrading the benefits and...