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The Many Adventures of an Insatiable Tourist

- When I'm not doing things, I'm writing about doing things-

Things I Write About

I'm a writer, equestrian journalist, and professional copywriter. When I'm not writing for money, I write for fun. Enjoy my thoughts, recaps, and musings here.

May 3
5 min

Some Kind of "-itis" (Part 4)

I was going to write this post in the same format as my other ones—an overly long, journal-style narrative that includes a lot of...

Mar 20
13 min

Some Kind of "-itis" (Part 3)

Hope is a funny thing. It’s motivating, uplifting, and inspiring. When I first started the prednisone as treatment for the new theory of...

Feb 26
14 min

Some Kind of "–itis" (Part 2)

Monday February 7, I got to meet with a cardiologist for the first time—virtually. And honestly WTH, I get the point of virtual...

Feb 26
14 min

Some Kind of "–itis" (Part 1)

I’m a big fan of my birthday. Every year I try to convince Andy to celebrate my Birthday Month and I’m so persuasive that I’m usually...

Feb 7, 2021
6 min

2020: A Year of Exploration

For most of my life, I've stuck by the notion that "if you do what you love for work, you might not love it anymore." I think, for most...

Aug 24, 2017
1 min

The Tipping Point

As part of a series of articles contributed by the team at Evolution Healthcare & Fitness , I wrote a piece for The Outdoor Project....

Aug 9, 2017
3 min

Team 924

Five of us rolled into Redmond on Thursday afternoon, picked up the RV that would be our home for the next 3 nights and met our 6th...

Apr 28, 2015
1 min

4/28 Breakthrough?

Mulling over last weekend's disaster(s) in between boulder problems at the gym tonight, I think I had a breakthrough: As much as I hate...

Oct 31, 2014
2 min

Climb Better

Tonight I had yet another successful climbing session at Stoneworks- I climbed and climbed and climbed and pushed until failure. I...

Oct 29, 2014
1 min

Saddle Mountain

On Sunday, I ran up Saddle Mountain. 2.6 miles up, 3 miles down (I took a detour). The weather was spicy. The trail was basically a river...