Tag: years

December 31, 2018 – Kirkwood Mountain, California

I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t drinking over the holidays. 18? 19? I made a pact a couple weeks ago with a family member (to support their sobriety), but the significance really sinks in as I …

March 10, 2018 – Lutsen, Minnesota

I’m 32 years old today. It certainly doesn’t feel like it, but maybe that’s just the combination of coffee and adrenaline currently sweeping over my body. Pour an IPA and ESB. Make a bloody Mary. It’s lunch time …

February 13, 2018 – Lutsen, Minnesota

So, it’s not exactly a new place. But this time around, there are plenty of new faces (along with many old ones). The amount of redundancy is further curbed by holding a new position in addition to the …

April 24, 2017 – Trout Lake, Washington

It’s times like these. Times like these when I question the extent of my own control over my path. A couple weeks before I left Big Sky, I took a hard fall onto my left shoulder while snowboarding. …

October 6, 2015 – Finland, Minnesota

Sober October is so much easier in the middle of the woods. It was a year ago when I stumbled upon the cause, riding through the London Underground in late September. Oddly enough, I saw the ad for …