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Discovering personal expression through solitude in nature. Inspired by the vast regions throughout my homelands of the Flint Hills & Tallgrass Prairies of Kansas.

Weathering The Storm

By |2025-01-29T18:30:40-06:00April 15th, 2021|Tags: |

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. -Frederick Douglass It has been a spell since my last post. Luckily I have an excuse (besides [...]

Are You Planning To Fail?

By |2021-06-08T21:17:24-05:00March 3rd, 2021|

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. -Rainer Maria Rilke You may be wondering which way am I going [...]

Road Not Taken

By |2021-09-01T20:12:37-05:00January 30th, 2021|

No man is a failure who is enjoying life. -William Feather For the past few weeks, I have intensified my search for winter camping opportunities. Living in a state that has limited public camping land most of my opportunities will need to be centered [...]

Monthly Insights: Transitions – November 2020

By |2020-12-06T23:21:08-06:00December 6th, 2020|Tags: |

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. -Friedrich Nietzsche Guess I'm running a little late in getting the November monthly posted. Not intentional, but I knew a week ago that would probably be the [...]

Monthly Insights: Faster Pace – October 2020

By |2020-12-06T23:19:31-06:00October 31st, 2020|Tags: |

And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.– Oscar Wilde Is it really the end of October 2020? Since I have been outdoors most of the last 7 days I suppose I shouldn't even be questioning that. It just seems, well, fast in getting [...]

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