A couple days before I left for Jackson, Becky posted a photo on her Facebook page. It was a photo of Paintbrush Divide, and it made me desperately want to hike there. It’s a 20-mile hike, up to over 10,000 feet, but I didn’t care. We would go there. Nevermind that I’ve hardly been hiking...
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It’s been almost three years since I lived there, and two since I’ve been back to visit, but I finally got back to Jackson this past week and a half on my way to and from Montana for work. I opted to drive instead of fly so I could stop and see Becky, who moved...

I’m standing in front of an island, under the blinding Florida sun and a blue sky. Just ahead, a group of chimpanzees lounges in the shade, taking cover from the sweltering mid-day heat. There is no fence between us, only water and blades of tall green grass. The animals groom each other, nap, and pick...

Ah, Chicago. Thanks to the canceled flight, I got in really late, and as I sat outside on a bench waiting for Dangle to get to the right airport, I couldn’t help but soak in the atmosphere of Chicago. Pigeons were roosted in the window sills. Jazz was playing over the loud speakers, and Christmas...
I’ve been meaning to post lately, especially stuff from my vacation, but it was so miserable, and is so hard for me to actually want to think about it, that I hadn’t even begun to edit the photos until now. It’s Thanksgiving, and I decided I was still too exhausted to go to work (and...




