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Photo by @dekarabaw, 2022 Patagonia Climb published the above photo to their Instagram, along with my caption: The guidebook recommends only climbing Incredible Hand Crack once due to all the wear on the rock. The rounded edges of the crack and the pale swath of rock beside it attest to the route's popularity. It was … Continue reading Incredible Hand Crack
Earlier this summer, I was accepted to a three-week writers residency at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT in February 2023. My dear friend and fellow writer TK made the drawing above to support my fundraiser for tuition and travel: I look forward to the slushy crunch of snow under my boots, watching ice flow … Continue reading Vermont Studio Center Residency 2023
near Maxson Trailhead, Me-Wuk, Yokuts, Mono lands, August 2022 Alicia Elliott is a Haudenosaunee writer whose essay collection A Mind Spread Out on the Ground I read this summer. I keep returning this passage: "We untangle the threads of history and treat the wounds we find underneath. We listen to one another, support one another, … Continue reading A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
24 June 2022I woke up later than usual today. The sun was already casting hot shadows through my curtains. I was surprised to notice my cat's body stretched along my hip; I typically wake to him gazing longingly at the window for his morning outing. My phone was, for once, not next to me in … Continue reading After the Overturn
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