“Still round the corner there may wait a new road or a secret gate, and though I oft have passed them by, a day will come at last when I shall take the hidden paths that run west of the moon, east of the sun”

— Frodo Baggins

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  • Leaving the Past in the Past

    Your past can contain critical moments and important aspects of you life, but it does not define you and it shouldn’t hold power over how you choose to live your life in the present. But letting go is hard. Plain… Continue reading

  • Zion National Park

    It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 5 years since I visited Zion National Park. In 2019 I spent a full day surrounded by nature and completed the hike to Angel’s Landing. Along the way I hiked the Grotto Trail… Continue reading

  • Free Verse Poetry

    I’ve been writing free form/verse poetry since 2008. And this was a few years after I read Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. I fell in love with the format and poetry in this book. So over the last… Continue reading

  • Joshua Tree National Park

    For the first time I flew to California and spent a long weekend camping at Joshua Tree National Park! The entire time was an unforgetable weekend with a good friend. We stayed in the southeast part of the park in… Continue reading