An Ordinary Disaster

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Life As A Goat
That thing up there, on top of your body—it's is not for thinking.
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The Boat Was Called Discovery
An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 23 — The Scar
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Waking up Running
An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 22 — China Camp
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E20 / Pilates for Men with Sean Vigue
Health and fitness in our fifties, being yourself, flow, fitness for kids, getting outside, joy through movement, and... those ducks are real, people!
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Chapter 15 — Saved by a climbing gym, two real friends, kitesurfing, and a half-naked haircut.
An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 15 — Meeting the Mentor
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I never thought I'd be writing the words: "My Morning Routine" — and, Everything Cookies
'coffee', read, exercise, meditate, work → breakfast, ~coffee... everything cookies
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Chapter 8 — A guerrilla mission to scale San Francisco's most iconic landmark
Chapter 08 from my memoir in progress. A guerrilla climb of the north tower of the Golden Gate bridge in 1988, at night.
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How physical fitness supports my creativity and my work as a writer
How physical fitness at age 53 supports my creativity and my work as a writer—with pilates, body weight conditioning, calisthenics, trail running, and…
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E14 / Wayfinding with Kim Stanley Robinson
How he became a writer, the "Cardboard Set Problem," the deep pleasure of wayfinding, the erotic charge of being in the mountains, "being a dog," and…
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E12 / Finding Connection with Bill Maeda
Physicality and identity, depression and isolation, finding connection through invitation, challenge and social media, the value of violent expression…
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Screaming in Pain—and Laughing in Wonder
Sciatica, synthetic opioids, mind over matter, Maia Szalavitz, Holly Whitaker, Joan Didion, pain yoga, and Dakini Bliss.
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Why I Don't Use Psychedelics
I'm a supporter, and I've been there, but now I find psychedelics to be...less interesting. There are many ways to sweet cosmicity⁠—and for me, nature…
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