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How (Not) to Give a Wedding Gift

How (Not) to Give a Wedding Gift

What does a Nature lover and adventure writer gift to friends for their wedding? It may not be what you think. The next installment in the How (Not) To series is a little funny, a little serious, and all good. Names and deets have been changed to protect the innocent.

Posted on July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Advice, How To9 Minutes Read

How (Not) to Succeed at College

How (Not) to Succeed at College

Posted on February 20, 2019April 8, 2019 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Higher Ed., How To7 Minutes Read

Lightning Lessons in Writing: How to Use the Comma

Lightning Lessons in Writing: How to Use the Comma

Posted on December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 by Live Life OutdoorsIn How To, Writing5 Minutes Read

How to Interpret Dreams

How to Interpret Dreams

Posted on August 26, 2018August 26, 2018 by Live Life OutdoorsIn How To, Personal Essay4 Minutes Read

Lightning Lessons in Writing: How to Improve Overnight

Lightning Lessons in Writing: How to Improve Overnight

Posted on August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 by Live Life OutdoorsIn How To, Writing4 Minutes Read

How to Write Anything (Part III)

How to Write Anything (Part III)

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Live Life OutdoorsIn How To, Writing10 Minutes Read

How to Write Anything (Part II)

How to Write Anything (Part II)

Posted on July 24, 2018July 31, 2018 by Live Life OutdoorsIn How To, Writing10 Minutes Read

How to Write Anything (Part I)

How to Write Anything (Part I)

Posted on July 18, 2018August 2, 2018 by Live Life OutdoorsIn How To, Writing8 Minutes Read

How (Not) to Avoid Procrastination: the Quintessential Guide

How (Not) to Avoid Procrastination: the Quintessential Guide

Posted on July 4, 2018July 4, 2018 by Live Life OutdoorsIn How To, Writing1 Minute Read

A Man of Leisure’s Brief Guide to Understanding Wellness and Productivity

A Man of Leisure’s Brief Guide to Understanding Wellness and Productivity

Posted on May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Health and Wellness, How To13 Minutes Read

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Finding Greater Meaning in the Mundane. This podcast is a companion piece to the essay, “Denkwork: the Promise of Work, and the Work of Promises”, from September of 2019

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The Secret to self control is giving up control.

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“It is necessary to be sometimes exclusive, not on behalf of wealth or rank, but of those human qualities that can apprehend loneliness.”

Nan Shepherd

Spring is fast approaching here in the Northeasern United States. It’s time to emerge from our dens and spend even more time outdoors

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