We Interrupt Your Expectations To Bring You Your Actual Marathon
byThe day before the New York City Marathon, walking in Central Park up to the big blue finish line arch and then down the…
ILLUSTRATED STORIES
Maybe I’m Not “Having Trouble Sleeping”
byThe first time I had trouble sleeping at night was one Christmas Eve when I was seven or eight years old. I was so…
One Segment: The M Trail
byThe folks at Strava asked me last summer if I’d like to tell a story about a particular segment of trail, for part of…
Taking A Break
by—Brendan
Was Balzac’s Coffee Consumption Really That Impressive?
byA few months back, my friend Anna sent us a print of a quote/paraphrasing from Honoré de Balzac’s essay “The Pleasure and Pains of…
Solitaire
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The Things We Did To Get Through 2020
byA couple weeks ago, I wrote an Instagram post asking people to share some of the things they did to get through the strange…
How To Be Positive, Part 2
byThis is the second half of this illustrated mega-post (if you missed Part 1 last week, you can click here to read it). Also,…
How To Be Positive — Part 1
byToday’s story is a little different from the usual—there are two options. I made it into an ebook, which is available as a pay-what-you-want…
Staying In The Game
by[this is based on a presentation I gave at the American Alpine Club’s 2020 Craggin’ Classic on Oct. 19th, which you can watch…
The Life-Changing Magic Of Ignoring The Ratings
bySeveral years ago, I had an idea to collect some bad Yelp reviews of U.S. national parks for a story on Adventure Journal. Since…
Life, In 12 Bicycles
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The Things We Take With Us When We Move
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Weren’t We Lucky
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