Let’s start from a place of comfort. You’re sitting inside on your couch, cozied up in the warmth, maybe with a blanket. When you look out the window at the lovely Pacific Northwest out there, it’s grey. Perhaps it’s drizzling. Perhaps it’s pouring. No matter what, it’s cozier and warmer …
Sometimes, like today, the world is too damn gorgeous to spend any second inside. (birdwatchin’ on Sauvie Island with my favorite birding professionals:) Days like today make me so damn grateful that I get around the world outside, by bike. Because on this kind of glorious fall day, you’ve just …
A few weeks ago, when I realized that I had both Veteran’s Day and the day before it off, I’d schemed a mini adventure for myself: bike out to Stub Stewart State Park Wednesday night after work and spend two weekday nights in a cabin there — running, hiking, reading, …
Biking is almost always the answer. Yes: I’ve been a little cranky. It’s been weird for me, honestly, since I consider myself pretty damn good at seeing the best in everything and just generally being happy. So it’s been a weird experience for me to actively have to work at …
