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The itinerant kitchen

We were on foot for four weeks. We never stayed in one place longer than an overnight. Staying around would have meant less time on foot and more time in a hitched ride or bus as we only had the four weeks to get from San Francisco to Portland. The 27 nights went by like [...]

The purpose of a challenge

Challenges make a thing use its greatest capacity to complete a task or, even, to fulfill its purpose. Lacking a challenge, the thing might change its function or go away entirely, leading me to suspect that challenge is crucial to purpose.
Humans’ inclination to displace life’s challenges off of the body and onto a tool has [...]

Taking the world by foot…

For the last five days I have been traveling up the California coast with my partner, soon to be hubby, mostly by foot. We have met some wonderfully friendly people who helped us out when they didn’t need to. The air has been fresh and we are getting stronger everyday. The trip has made me [...]

Dear Readers,

This is to acknowledge the space that you will experience between the last article and the next. I have many intended posts to share but a quick week in the woods and the preparation thereof is keeping me for a bit of time. The trip this week is to prepare for a Long Walk to [...]