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Goals for the year: Lead a gym 11- I realize this isn’t this most profound accomplishment in a gym, but I can be a puss leader and just needed to get over the hump to try. Did it on the first go. (And many times subsequently). Interestingly my top rope grade is my lead grade …
I like lists and here is a list. Not as exciting as ski days, but arguably more hygge. Tell Me How to Be- Neil Patel- Yeah! The book that got me into reading again. Gay male protagonist, which for some reason or another was a first for me. I enjoyed looking for the familiar in …
I went to Norway to ski tour in 2019 and came back with a little stowaway, unbeknownst to me. My very favorite TV show, Northern Exposure, once had an episode insinuating that people of Asian heritage travel to northern latitudes to procreate under the Aurora in hopes of an auspicious coupling. Pan to Jimmy and …
So… I put it out to the Universe that I need to back off a little on some of my free time endeavors in order to make space for mountains. And the next morning I wake up to this… Pictured: A 100ft tall Cottonwood Tree laying across the back half of the John Prine Memorial …
I went DEEP garden the past few years. From the Urban Plant Jail to the John Prine Memorial Garden I really poured my heart into the endeavor. However. The time has come to ease upon the reigns a little. I think horticulture got me through a very specific time in my life. I learned the …
Walk around St. Mary’s Loop with Jimmy Mammoth ski day solo Mammoth ski laps with Jimmy Mammoth resort day with Jimmy & Jamal 12/12 Mammoth ski uphill laps solo 12/16 Rock Creek Solo 12/20 Rock Creek Solstice Ski with Inge and Sam (Inge’s #1 day of season) 12/21 Christmas Eve Ski solo up Rock Creek …
We are six months into the COVID-19 pandemic (longer if you go back to it’s international origin) and the end is… not near? From what I have deduced, the end of humanity is not near and the end of the pandemic is also not near. It only occurred to me today how much this global …
I have embarked on a journey which I am very, very excited about: Metalworking. The origin of my interest in this pursuit goes way back to the early days of my divorce. When I would go to Bozeman to visit, I would either have the very best time or the very worst time, resulting in …
Tomorrow I turn 37 years old. Sort of a strange birthday. 36 feels functionally like 31, whereas 37 feels like I’m entering the twilight zone. My 36th year changed me. The birth of my daughter, Inge, turned my life upside down and I’m only just now able to appreciate what a cosmic blessing that little …