Is it really helpful to put your thoughts down on a keyboard and on the screen? Is it the same as writing them out by hand? I ask because I am forcing myself to come up with thoughts right now. I always thought I should spend a portion of the day being creative, and this…

A mirage, a ghost. Whatever it is, it’s actually beautiful. But be careful, as confronting the ghoul will cause something sinister. Shackled to a life of hike-a-biking endless days to the top of a never ending climb. Lifting the bike over dead-fall. Pulling up sandstone cliffs. I know because I chased down the figure only…

I can’t sleep. Tonight is not feeling right. Feeling abandon and thoughts not justified. Feeling like a pest to others. I have retreated into the van, alone. It’s just me … and my thoughts. I get up and take 6 glycine and then within 20 minutes all goes blank. I wake up early wondering if…

Running in the dark is quite special. Dodging cars. Remember Montana, if one was to hit an animal and call it into the coppers, you could take home the carcass. Some people drive through Gardner like a bat out of hell, hoping to get some meat for the fridge. This morning, I was a target…

This week I have been testing my fun factor and manner of efficiency regarding riding gravel or cross-country mountain bike. Obviously, it is fun to always ride my enduro bike or as I call it, a real mountain bike. But with cush core and heavy casing tires that are necessary to do anything meaningful on…

So yea, writing a blog post by hand. Or are they calling it a personal journal? Or a gratitude journal. Or a balanced post of a little good and a little bad. You know words … hmm, don’t know. If I remember correctly, my old process was to jot down the moments that came to…