One reason I don’t often post on this blog is because I’m busy writing books and content on other sites. One of my main current projects is The University of Love, a section of The University of Life that I…
Search and Rescue Week
It wasn’t an official Search and Rescue week this time, but last week certainly seemed like it for me! I’ve had busier weeks with SAR before thanks to long, complex search/rescues, but never with so much diversity. On Monday, I…
October Update
A lot has changed since I last wrote, so in case I don’t get around to posting all the trip reports for this summer, here’s a quick overview: 1. I Quit Teaching. I enjoyed teaching, but quitting is a very…
Winter’s Memory
Winter winds down and it’s been too long since I shut myself off from the cold, cold world. I drew my breath all the way down to my roots, buried myself in the frozen earth, hidden from sight and safe from…
Dandillion
The children didn’t mind me when I filled their fields with tiny yellow starbursts for as far as the eye could see. I grew toward the sun and no one looked away nor sighed nor wondered what to do with…
Nothing
After finishing grading early this week, and after working 19 hours the last day of it, I determined to do as close to nothing as possible the next day, and I did a pretty good job of it. I went…
Snowfall
The snow fell so hard around me – obscuring the path a few steps ahead, hiding the invisible future from view – that it seemed only right to walk away into it until a path appeared. I ducked my chin into…
Firewood
For thirty years, you drank sunlight from the sky, sucked water from the earth, and turned a tiny seed into a towering giant. Your leaves cast cool shadows all summer long, and winter lulled you into a fitful sleep year…
November News
Here are a few quick updates on what my life is about these days. 1. Grading papers After finishing writing The Art of Heart, it was time to catch up on grading. I spent most of the Thanksgiving break reviewing a draft…
Christmas Books Trilogy Finished
Last Saturday night, I finished writing the Courage, Love and the Meaning of Christmas trilogy. The Art of Heart is the new title for book three (originally announced as “A Fall from Heaven”) and follows The Perfect Gift, picking up the story…