The Art of Solitude: How to Be Alone in a World Full of People

Too often, we associate being alone with negativity.  We associate being alone with loneliness, depression, brooding, etc.  There is certainly truth to the fact that isolation can be negative, particularly for those battling addiction, depression or some other mental health-related issue.  We also know that socializing with other hoomans is a positive force in terms…

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.

Three Books, Three Days: Here’s What I Learned

Are you a reader?  I mean like, are you mad about reading?  Do you read a lot?  At least a book a week?  If you’ve found this site, I bet you are.  I don’t post random inspirational quotes, nor do I put up a ton of pics.  I write. Also, my articles are probably a…

Lightning Lessons in Writing: How to Use the Comma

All too often, inexperienced writers view, or worse, use, the comma as a pause in a sentence.  While it’s true that we pause at commas, as we would any mark of punctuation, that is not their function any more than the function of a period is a pause, or a semi-colon or colon are pauses. …

Adventure Time: Redefining Adventure for Everyone

When modern readers think of or read about adventure they’re probably reading about epic journeys of discovery, or thinking about trail blazers who risked life and limb in search of an ultimate prize:  Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer and his team of four were the first to make it to the geographic South pole in…