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Facing My Bears
On a recent backpacking trip of a section of the Pacific Northwest Trail in the North Cascades of Washington, I came face to face with one of my biggest fears. I first met Katy Stockinger in San Diego...
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InterFEARing With Life
Every summer, my mom and aunts and all of the cousins go on a camping trip. It’s just the women and the kids. I went to the first annual one when I was 17 or 18 and I have missed every one since. This...
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As The Crow Flies: A Lesson in Trust and Faith
One morning in May, I was walking down the street in Ballard minding my own business when something smacked me hard in the back of the head. I turned around to see black wings flapping away. A mother...
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Blogging Can Fuel the Self Discovery Process
So, I haven’t really been fully myself around here. I started this blog almost three years ago. And, I must say, blogging has changed my life. Yes, perhaps this is laughable as the content of my little...
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Driving for Direction
I have a tendency to wring the blood out of any given moment, searching for something that moves. The other night I read love letters from the Civil War. One day the love I feel and you feel and she...
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July 6 Questionings
Freewrite #4,896 of, like, 5 shared. Aye, it is July. Already. Where have the days gone? Five weeks in California passed by quickly. I recall the beginning, and all the doors were open. Possibility and...
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Rediscovering Self + Revealing to Other
There are so many things to say and how could I ever say them all? I am trying to capture my writing in small compartments of time. Little pockets of thought that arrive effortlessly in my mind. And...
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Meditation, Fear, Faith, Books
It seems my bones are always cold lately. I sit in front of the space heater or the fireplace. Or I get behind the wheel of my car and melt into the seat warmer with the heat blasting onto my feet. Or...
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