Thoughts about nature and humanity, art and the wilderness experience.
An Awkward Waltz with a Mule Deer Doe
I've been a bit depressed lately, as is common for me when I return to Lubbock from somewhere else. Usually it takes making myself go for a drive somewhere outside...
An Awkward Waltz with a Mule Deer Doe
I've been a bit depressed lately, as is common for me when I return to Lubbock from somewhere else. Usually it takes making myself go for a drive somewhere outside...
Home is a Place
I wrote the poem below in early 2020, before the pandemic hit. I was sitting in my car outside a laundromat in Lubbock, Texas, waiting for my clothes to finish...
Home is a Place
I wrote the poem below in early 2020, before the pandemic hit. I was sitting in my car outside a laundromat in Lubbock, Texas, waiting for my clothes to finish...
The Beauty of Silence
I left social media in July 2020. I wrote the following poem in December 2021. Now, as I reluctantly debate (with myself) returning to the social platforms “for the sake...
The Beauty of Silence
I left social media in July 2020. I wrote the following poem in December 2021. Now, as I reluctantly debate (with myself) returning to the social platforms “for the sake...
Last Light of 2022
I don't get particularly sentimental about new years these days. From such a perspective, a new year can start any day you like. But I usually spend the last hours...
Last Light of 2022
I don't get particularly sentimental about new years these days. From such a perspective, a new year can start any day you like. But I usually spend the last hours...
Winter Bird Watching
My parents keep the birds here well-fed. Lest anyone think birds aren't intelligent creatures, these birds will land on the front porch, hop up to the sliding glass door and...
Winter Bird Watching
My parents keep the birds here well-fed. Lest anyone think birds aren't intelligent creatures, these birds will land on the front porch, hop up to the sliding glass door and...
Not Lost
When I started backpacking The Colorado Trail in segments in 2016, I had no idea what it would come to mean to me. I'd spent most of my life in...
Not Lost
When I started backpacking The Colorado Trail in segments in 2016, I had no idea what it would come to mean to me. I'd spent most of my life in...