Explorations of the Self and the Wild

Self improvement

  • Participating in our reality

    I recently got back from my first residency at grad school (which is why I haven’t…

  • Running Shoes

    My running shoes are sitting by the front door. Not my real ones – those are…

  • It Gets Better

    Recently there have been numerous news stories detailing the deaths of young people who were tormented…

  • Cultivating asparagus

    I have been putting in an asparagus bed this Spring – an interesting process for a…

  • A Survivor’s Reminder

    Like most survivors, I am terrified of being diagnosed with cancer again. Every weird feeling, illness…

  • Light it up

    “Contradiction I’m conflicted with being a hypocrite And through these songs you can witness it The…

  • How do YOU define support?

    sup·port (s-pôrt, -prt)  tr.v. sup·port·ed, sup·port·ing, sup·ports To bear the weight of;  hold in position so as to keep from…

  • Red Boots

    A reoccurring conversation between my partner Neil and I goes like this: “do you think I…