The Wild

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  • My Love

    My Love

    If I had a million dollars… Every time I hear that line I think of the 90’s hit by the Bare Naked Ladies. I never really cared for the song, but I have to admit that it lives rent free in my head. Regardless of my musical tastes, the song does provide an interesting idea. Read more

  • Barnstorming

    Barnstorming

    As a youth I would often dream of flying. In the first dreams I would soar with the birds, but as I aged the dreams shifted from flying to gliding, to just being able to jump really high. By the time I was ten they had stopped altogether. I had lost the ability to imagine Read more

  • Health Above All Else

    Health Above All Else

    My hardest personal goal is one that continues to nip at my heels even years after I took the first step. In a world where it is so easy to make poor choices, I feel like I am in a constant race to stay ahead of the beast, my own personal black dog: illness and Read more

  • UL Backpacking

    UL Backpacking

    To be precise, I am into ultralight through hiking. This is a specific type of outdoor travel that seeks to minimize the amount of weight you are carrying, in order to maximize the enjoyment of the terrain through which you travel. It emphasizes multi-day hikes with a start and endpoint that are usually non circuitous. Read more

  • Nothing to Lose?

    Nothing to Lose?

    Perhaps the priesthood or monastic life? What about the French Foreign Legion… A quote from a French Foreign Legion Officer to reflect upon: “It’s like this. There is no point in trying to understand. Time is unimportant. We are dust from the stars. We are nothing at all. Whether you die at age 15 or Read more

  • Diet and Nutrition

    Diet and Nutrition

    There are a multitude of different diets out there, all of them claiming to be the one true path to ideal health. Over the years I have tried almost all of them, and I can honestly say that a few really worked. For the last decade I have been living proof. As a result of Read more