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…
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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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