Today I’m sharing a piece written by my good friend Will Lake who’s also here at the Oregon Extension. Earlier in the semester we read Annie Dillard, a nature writer, and were asked to copy her style of writing and observation. We each trundled outside and found a spot to sit as still as possible …
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Self-Care
I wake with a foot planted on me. I am immediately angry. So is the owner of the foot. Who’s to blame: me for sleeping on a trail or them for stepping on a sleeping body? I narrowly avoided the above situation. We had just come back from caves filled with tragic stories of …
Wes
Today a close friend of mine died. He seemed to be ever present, ever entertaining. He was a calming presence and knew just when you needed a lift up. In a word, he was consistent. He will be dearly missed. He was a wasp named Wesley. My wasp friend, …
Connected Travel
There is something magical about the combination of adventure and strangers. We let people in we normally wouldn’t, bond over details which would normally be meaningless, and in my case, are forced to unplug by the stunning lack of service in the Western US. On my way to Oregon, I did a lot of traveling. …
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