Because life is not about capturing just the good moments.
Life is about being present in ALL of the moments.. the misses, the messies, the muddies.
The thrills and tragedies of life must both be celebrated. Without fully appreciating each, one cannot fully live. Comfort can be limiting, though discomfort can be deafening. As we oscilate between the thrills and tragedies, comforts and discomforts, captures and misses….
Life happens in the IN BETWEENS …..the NEGATIVE SPACE.
This site is home to a writer, outdoor junkie, fitness fanatic, fresh air LIVE-FULL-ON-everyday-to-the-fullest-collapse-into-bed-every-night-exhausted…… enthusiast.
Hoping these words will encourage and inspire you, as I navigate, stumble, and face plant through this glorious wreckage of a life…..
Seeking enlightenment….from the spaces in between.
Redwood Community Forest, Aracata, Ca. (February 2025)
Eternally grateful for my recent residency at Creekside Arts in Eureka, Ca., where I had the fortune of spending time with magnifcient artists, creators, neighbors, and fellow writers (John HeckelMichael Mallot Bickford). I also enjoyed the pleasure of conversing with the resident livestock 
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Honored by the hospitality of Jo, Rich and all of the Howard Heights community, who welcomed me into their beautiful neighborhood, and treated me as one of their own.
Thorgoughly enjoyed my time in this majestic redwooded corner of the earth, and looking forward to a return in the future. THANK YOU Creekside Arts !!
Anchor UP
Because even a fierce and stormy day at the ocean Is STILL …a day at the ocean. There cannot be sunshine all the time. And the best part about my stormy day at the ocean… Is that I had that WHOLE DAMN THING…EVERY INCH I COULD SEE All to MYSELF.…
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The Push, The Pull, The Ride…The TIDE..
“Because when you are present, the world is truly alive” ~ unknown Budhist Yet I am perpetually living in the before and after, living either forward or backwards. But the life mimics the ocean mimics the life.. You cannot wait for the waves to stop crashing before you jump in.…
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Why Bother?
My back is sore and my hands are cramping. Dust and grass clippings in my hair, dirt embedded under my finger nails, and pollen nestling deep into my lungs. I’ve been out here for hours, and every time I try to wrap it up, I see just ONE MORE weed…
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Weeds
I planted this fig tree exactly during the solar eclipse last week, because I figured there was no better time to have my hands embedded into the earth then when the sun and moon are in perfect alignment. It feels so natural and intuitive to have my hands in dirt.…
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There’s no place like home…
I can see the pack of deer before she does, then… she spots them prancincg through the woods. There it is..the TAKE OFF. That carnal animalistic instinctive launch, the purest “fight or flight” only expereinced in the wild. But then, she stops, looks back at me as if to say…
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Afloat
I struggle with .. Depression Anxiety Obsessive compulsive disorder Grief Loneliness Happiness Sadness Exhaustion ….and all the other myriad of emotions any functioning human being might experience in a given day. I get angry at myself for not coping better. But truth is.. We are ALL.. Trying… or trying NOT…
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The CURE
The hardest part about medicine, …..is convinving someone when they don’t need medicine. BUT…they stare at me wanting an answer, a pill, an antibiotic, an antidone, an end to the suffering…. A CURE!!! WHEN will this stop? HOW MUCH LONGER will I feel this way?? Why is this happening to…
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Soulshine
This is a little diddy I wrote WAYYYY back in day ..back when I could do a lil’ sumthin’ on them trails. It was an email I had written to my training friends recounting a particularly grueling adventure race I had raced in the day prior. It was actually shot…
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Sunday BLISSFUL Runday
Another Sunday BLISSFUL Runday in the books. Mud so thick it threatens to suck me down into the earth, or at least, suction off one of my shoes. We slopped, slipped and spilled through this particularly gnarly trail, with a plethora of rocks and downed tress to traverse. Today was…
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I Keep Bringing up old SH%T..
A lil’ diddy I wrote back in June 2011, following a particularly grueling, and exhilarating, Adventure Race. Way back when … I could do a lil sumthin’ 🙂 Its almost a decade later, but I pulled it out, dusted it off, and “buffed it up” a bit. I got some…
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NEGATIVE SPACE 