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Been Thinking
Did y’all notice the rain’s back? It’s okay. It’s only February. It’s only water. Last week’s epic global-warming weather, though, or the February fakeout, or whatever it was, got me thinking about...
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Last Week’s Report
Last week was a bust—I got sick and did only half the work I was trying to do. Sweat and shivered all of Monday night. Stayed home Tuesday and let my hair turn into nest for small animals. Didn’t...
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Favorites 3.26.15
Chilled Sake: Not hard alcohol, but not really wine, either. Crisp, austere … it’s cold but it warms you up. How It Smelled Yesterday Morning In Portland, Oregon: Damp, really rich, drenched in deep...
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Spring Scene
Can you believe we live in a place where all the trees bloom at once and you can look out your front window in the morning to see a yard awash in sun and trees dressed in all manor of color causing...
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Friday Afternoon
I am not extremely wise, but I know enough to know that nothing productive ever happens on Friday afternoon. It’s been a long motherfuckin week, and you’re always in this addled, noncommittal...
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Twice A Year
On Tuesday we had a storm. Thunder was involved—and a rainbow. Everything you could ask for from a storm, really. I grew up on thunder. There is a wildness about it that’s to love. Around here, it...
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Tunnel Falls
Hiked 12 miles roundtrip to walk behind a waterfall last week. What’s a long hike to you? Twelve miles is very long to me. The longest! But it seemed worth it considering that walking is good for you...
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The Weekend Report
Attended two surprise birthday parties. One, for Ben, involved NoPo’s best front porch awash in evening light. The other, for Charlie, involved face-melting guitar rock from the band Magic Sword, as...
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A River Day
I didn’t go to the river last weekend AKA the “hot weekend” (I was entertaining out of towners) but instead waited until this past weekend, which wasn’t as sweltering but adequately toasty mind you,...
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Three Things
Secret pools. I’m happy to live in a place where people appreciate the value of being out in nature, sure, but I’m happier still to escape those crowded trails—to find a hidden path like we did the...
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Thursday Happened
In regards to Thursday, it rained. Just in the morning, just for a minute. It had been so long since this happened though that at first I didn’t understand. I just looked out the window wondering why...
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Been Thinking
Did y’all notice the rain’s back? It’s okay. It’s only February. It’s only water. Last week’s epic global-warming weather, though, or the February fakeout, or whatever it was, got me thinking about...
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Thursday Happened
In regards to Thursday, it rained. Just in the morning, just for a minute. It had been so long since this happened though that at first I didn’t understand. I just looked out the window wondering why...
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Sk-amping In Central Oregon
I have been known to mismanage my weekends, but this past weekend wasn’t one of those weekends. Instead of lurking in town and going to bars, we all packed up and drove to Bend on Friday after...
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Favorites 7.27.15
Summer rain when you’re tired: Rain—it’s only water. But when you wake up sore and tired, the sound of it falling can be the best noise on earth. Stay in bed … just stay. Coconut oil in my coffee: I...
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Blue Moon
As you may know, there was a so-called “blue moon” this weekend. Despite its astrological implications—its deep cosmic portend of high and wild emotion—this rare second full moon of July looked much...
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Up In Smoke On A Saturday
Oh hi. It’s Monday. You already knew that. I’m sore from this weekend, because there were friends in town from New York and we all skated a bunch and fell down. I like how visitors can revive the...
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August 27th
I took this picture of Justin years ago. Shitty quality, but I still love it so. Mainly because it sums up my feelings about skateboarding in the fall. How great it is. How empty the parks are. How...
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Goat Lake Cold Camp
We couldn’t know. We just could know that after the hottest summer on record, Labor Day weekend would be the weekend that it’d cool down 40 degrees and spit snow from the sky at high elevations. After...
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This Time Last Year
This September isn’t last September. It’s different in ways and better in ways. For some reason, though, I found myself looking through photos from last September. It was nice seeing all the faces and...
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