All Of The Old Posts
September 7, 2018
What I’ve Been Reading: Notes From a Small Island
Thoughts on a re-read of Bill Bryson’s Notes From a Small Island and how I initially thought I was going to write the next great travel novel.
September 5, 2018
Writing: A Process for Untying Knots
An look at the process of writing and how it helps us untangle knots, process emotion, and organize our internal monologue.
August 17, 2018
Fire, Change, and the Valleys I Know
Two valleys in the west — Jackson Hole in Wyoming, and Teton Valley in Idaho — have helped shape who I am throughout my life, and both are seeing massive change. In this, I attempt to wrap my mind around what that means — to the valleys, and to me.
August 6, 2018
Summer Hates Routines; Loves Fabricoh
You know that thing when you have a song stuck in your head for a really long time, but instead of “your head” it’s actually “your car” and instead of “stuck” it’s actually just “your dumb Bluetooth?” It’s like that.
July 9, 2018
Change Sucks, But So Does Travis Tritt
A road trip and a stack of neo-traditional country CDs, both helping fuel a too-deep essay about why we stop looking for new music and how hard it is to change our tastes.
June 6, 2018
The Hill as a Cardiac Event
When the world becomes your singletrack trail, you begin making excuses for trampling the grass. So to speak.
May 31, 2018
New Soundtracks for Classic Games
I listened to enough music while playing old Nintendo games back to have conflated the original game soundtracks with my personal music choices.
May 22, 2018
In Defense of Learning Styles
Learning styles were debunked in what looks like a flawed methodology, but that’s not what I’m grumpy about: it’s that anyone thought quantifying learning was a good idea in the first place.
May 9, 2018
Last Month in Four Stumbling Blocks
A trip to Nashville, a post about dudes and music lists, Record Store Day, and trying to get my kids to understand good pop music.
May 1, 2018
The Best Worst Dog
A bit of a eulogy for a dog that I fought with, got angry at, and constantly struggled against — and in the end I’m still super sad and at a bit of a loss.