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Close encounters of the creature kind
It is so often these close encounters that fill us with wonder—that allow us to more fully appreciate our fellow creatures. But they are also, so often…
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Farewell February. I wrote a lot this month!
Here's where you can read what I wrote, if that sounds like fun.
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Ways we've gone increasingly feral
Cliché: We moved into a van... and Sean started making his own granola.
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One of the realest things to ever stir my chest
Drafted four hours after sunset in Bahia Honda State Park on February 15th.
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Things that make Scout an excellent campground dog
And that I hope writing down will help me stop taking for granted!
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Well-behaved and composed and good
“We never scold her for anything anymore,” Sean remarked the other day. He’s right—we never need to.
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Vignettes from the Florida keys
Moments I just want to remember, as is, instead of shaping into some larger whole
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I'm always on vacation; I'm never on vacation
Reflections on living, working, and relaxing in a converted van and our recent holiday in the Florida keys
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Wonder beyond my little black mirror
Moving into a van amplified my passion for screen-free time—but it's remiss not to acknowledge how often fully logging off isn’t possible in our modern…
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Why are van lifers so insufferable?
A response to Outside Magazine’s May 25th Almanac of Ethical Answers column
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My timid dog has come to love the outdoors
So have I. How did Scout transform from a homebody clinger to (as my partner lovingly jokes) a “feral maniac”?
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Utah hike roundup
Our dog-friendly and humans-only adventures from the last few weeks
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