Writing in Medium, where Susan Orlean also publishes regular pieces, is a bit like milling around…
Yesterday I wrote in my journal —
Like so many others, I’ve been lately introduced to the world of teleconferencing technology, with all…
On Denali in 1986 we learned how to make sure any potential campsite was safe before we made camp. All climbers in the…
The coldest place I’ve ever been, to my knowledge, was when climbing Denali, where the temperature reached -70 at one…
Thomas Merton wrote, in The Seven Story Mountain, that “October is a fine and dangerous season in America. It is dry and cool and…
Thirty three years ago today I was making notes in another journal, writing in a high cold hand in a high cold book…
In the movie named after him, Forrest Gump says “Life is like a box of chocolates.” I’m wondering if it’s also like…
A pair of theologians to start things off today. Karl Barth wrote “Joy is really the simplest form of gratitude.”