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I went on a hike, and took some selfies. Selfie-in

I went on a hike, and took some selfies. Selfie-ing is harder than you think. Which blooper is your fave?

Thanks to all the friends who showed up 5 years ag

Thanks to all the friends who showed up 5 years ago for one helluva party on 10.18.2015.
4 years of afterglow,
1 helluva hangover.

You live, you learn. You love, you learn.

I danced here, on a lonely road beneath the shimme

I danced here, on a lonely road beneath the shimmering stars.
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I cried here, grieving for the universe past and laughing for the universe about to be born.
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I held myself, and know that the stars will dance in the heavens and I will dance on the dirt and life will move on when the sun rises.
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Shabbat Shalom. Happy Friday.

This bar is busy. A new car drives up every few mi

This bar is busy. A new car drives up every few minutes with people ready to come together and celebrate Friday. There are no masks.
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Flathead County, MT (population 100k) is reporting nearly as many daily new Covid cases as Manhattan (population 1.4M). The test positivity rate in MT is more than double the rate in NY.
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East of here, in Billings, patients are being airlifted out-of-state to free up hospital beds and doctors wrote an open letter asking the community to flatten the curve to protect medical staff.
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These moments fill me with a lot of emotions. Fuck, yes- I also want to hang out at a bar with friends. But I’m scared- for me, for doctors, for all grandparents, for my parents. I’m angry- that the isolation and terror I experienced during NYC’s lockdown didn’t turn into a lesson for the rest of the country. I’m sad- reminded of the memories I will always carry of morgue trucks on Manhattan streets and mass burials on Hart Island. I’m discouraged, for I dearly want to someday feel safe hugging a friend.
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We will get through this, if we stand together by staying apart. Take care of each other. Stay safe, wear masks, spread knowledge and love... not viruses.
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Per-county Covid stats link in bio. (comparison based on daily stats from NYC DoH and Flathead County DHHS)

I love larch, quietude, and wilderness, and the Ca

I love larch, quietude, and wilderness, and the Cabinet Range provided. I was the only car at the most popular trailhead, followed goat trails more than hiker trails, and could sing and yell and sit and listen as much as I wanted.
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I don’t know why I like larch so much, but I do! 😊🥰
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Leigh Lake, Montana
📍Ktunaxa ɁamakɁis land

My Brain 🧠: You need to drivetoanewmountainrang

My Brain 🧠: You need to drivetoanewmountainrangeandgoonarunorabikerideorpaddleboardorsomethingbigtotakeadvantageofyourfreedomandthendosomeworkbecauseyouvegotsomegreatideasforthatreallycoolprojectandyouoweyourbossyourbestandthenmaybereadsomepsychology...
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My Heart ❤️: Maybe sometime we could just watch the water and the wind?
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I’m bad at relaxing, but learning slowly.
#shouldistravathis ?

Shabbat Shalom. In NYC, I would leave work on Frid

Shabbat Shalom.
In NYC, I would leave work on Friday and bike to Ecstatic Dance: a half-hour of Yoga and stretching, three hours of wild movement, and a closing sound meditation. It was a bold punctuation at the end of the week, and I came to embrace it as a Shabbat ritual- shedding the work week, welcoming in freedom and fluidity.
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In the pandemic, it’s been hard to hold onto rituals or work/life separation- There is no office routine, I work on weekends more than ever, the calendar is one blank continuum. Hitting the road has made this particularly surreal, blurring my days into a cycle of driving, working, exploring.
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My brain wanted to drive tonight, but my body and heart wanted to unwind and celebrate the arrival of Friday’s sundown. I listened to my heart, and spent the evening paddling the Clark Fork River into Missoula, feeling some of the weight of the week slip away.
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I’d rather be lying on the floor of a Brooklyn loft in a puddle of hippies listening to a crystal bowl, but til that’s an option this is pretty good.
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📍 Ktunaxa ɁamakɁis land

It’s been a really long time since I’ve been t

It’s been a really long time since I’ve been this light-hearted after an athletic push. But spending dawn-to-dusk on ridgelines and peaks in the Wasatch, completing the southern half of the Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup (WURL) was really good for my heart, soul, and body.
This was mostly type-1 fun (except for ~3hrs of dehydrated blah) , but the rush of endorphins and good feelings afterwards makes it even better.
On-route I was thinking wistfully of dancing in NYC... post-facto I’m happy I had this experience.

📍Goshute, Ute, and Eastern Shoshone land

Goodnight, sun.

Goodnight, sun.

Wild Blackberries on sourdough French Toast, anyon

Wild Blackberries on sourdough French Toast, anyone? 🤤
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I’ve been nesting hard this week, thinking about van improvement projects, reorganizing, and cooking nice meals. Maybe it’s an antidote to the global uncertainty, maybe it’s a need for creating some normalcy in the wanderings, maybe it’s self-care in the most basic way: with good food to start the day 🥞 🥘.
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#vanlife #homeiswhereyouparkit #sprintervanconversion #sprintervanlife #digitalnomad #workfromtheroad

Haven’t posted a selfie in a while. Also haven’t summited a peak in a while (last summer summit maybe the Grand Teton, 2 years ago?). Scrambled up Sahale Peak today, which gave me a smile and energy and a reprieve from work stress and uncertainty.
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From the summit, I could see Lake Chelan and Stehekin (“the way through”) to the East, and Mt Baker and the outline of the Olympics to the west. Cascade Pass, below this peak, has a human history stretching back over 9,000 years as a trade route between coastal and interior tribes.
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I like imagining the experience of those first human explorers, driven by curiosity and determination, scrambling through the cliff bands and roaming across these alpine meadows. I’m humbled when the native history of a spot is so palpably present, and imagine the meaning that this land meant to the people who passed here before the US government seized it.
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My exploration takes a different form, a larger scope, and different tools, but it’s good to feel connection with those first humans who explored this area many thousands of years before Europeans were here.
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📍Upper Skagit, Sauk-Suiattle, Swinomish, and Chelan group land (and their ancestors’ ancestors’ tribes).

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