So I have a habit of snapping videos of these weekly campfires of mine. Partly memory markers. Also, part, sharing with friends who can’t experience this with me for any number of reasons. It’s my physical way of sending out good vibes as the saying goes. Honoring those who can’t…
Author: Jeff Breece
I’ve been in the mind to reduce food waste for some time now. It was not until the pandemic, and how all of my habits changed, that I’ve actually gotten kind of good at it. We still belong to a weekly farm share called Yellowbird Food Shed, it’s great as…
2020, yeah, everyone gets it. Personally, I am waiting for frogs to rain from the sky. Any minute now. Here they come. But in the meantime, tonight, I am thinking about all my solo camping and local hiking trips from this summer. One of my colleagues calls these “micro-adventures.” I’ve…
Everyone is in the same boat this year, at least those of us lucky enough to still be floating, precariously, above water. 2020 has been a sinkhole of emotional despair for me, however. Mainly from the sheer isolation of it all. I canceled all of my backpacking trips this year…
This year has been difficult for all of us. While I have spoken about struggling with anxiety before, what does that look like? How do I recognize it and then walk away from it? This post is about a few tools I use to diffuse anxiety when it surfaces. Well,…
Well, Ohio, specifically my town, seems to be leading the wave of new infections, and face masks are now required in public. So I’m adjusting my outdoor plans again. For the foreseeable future, I am going to stay inside the borders of my home state and do my hiking/camping totally…
More vegetarian lunches here. Lunch today was bib lettuce salad with Millet and Olive oil with white wine vinegar drizzle with a serving of a vegetable black bean soup. I’m Down 5 pounds now after two weeks of eating better, moving more, sleeping better, and exercising. To make the…
This past week brought a bank of welcome positive experiences. Honestly, the return to backpacking probably has a lot to do with much of these changes. Just the sheer aspect of being behind the wheel again on a long road trip or being out under the full moon in a…
