Six Impossible Things For Breakfast

hi It’s been a while. a lot has transpired sicne I was last here. big things. little things....

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:30:00 -0600

hi It’s been a while.

a lot has transpired sicne I was last here. big things. little things. some worth sharing, probably some not.

there are a handful of things running through my mind that I’ve been wanting to lay down here.

mostly stories about things I’ve learned, the incredible people I’ve met, and some of the really cool experiences I’ve had over the last couple months. there was so much goodness in there it seems like a daunting task to find the right words to convey it all.

In the interim of getting there, I hope y’all will bare with me…

I started my “daily joy” e-mail circulation back up last week and have found incredible motivation in doing so. an idea gently borrowed from emily that has shifted into a daily picture (usually a landscape from the mountains or a place near and dear to my heart) and a short accompanying line, goal, or story.

I haven’t been able to shake tuesday’s shots. probably because it’s a perfect exposition of things I am really looking forward to: the mountains, mountain biking (well, I am working on that part), warm weather, green grass, and photography.

[photo credit: Trent Bona]

wanderlust. the 46 places to go in 2013 | via the new york times

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:12:00 -0600

wanderlust.

the 46 places to go in 2013 | via the new york times

Thursday 4.7.2012 | daily struggle: worsening + spreading...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:35:00 -0700

Thursday 4.7.2012 | daily struggle: worsening + spreading psoriasis. uncomfortableness in my own skin (literally) + the self conciseness that goes with having little red patches of skin dotting your extremities. daily gratitude: surviving my first round of graduate school mid-terms. ~~finding~~ making time to do the things that center me. skiing. a solid running routine. getting outside for fresh air and a little sanity. finding happiness in the most unlikely of circumstances. (every day) daily goal: be kind.

someday (soon, I hope!) things.

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:40:03 -0700

someday (soon, I hope!) things.

monday things (if you live in the mountains that is).

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:58:00 -0700

monday things (if you live in the mountains that is).

tuesday. 2/26/2013. daily struggle: balancing work and graduate...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:40:00 -0700

tuesday. 2/26/2013.

daily struggle: balancing work and graduate school. feeling like I am missing out on things that are important to me. challenging myself to get involved in things outside my comfort zone.

daily gratitude: an incredible career that I enjoy waking up and coming to five days a week. working for a company that has blessed me with an opportunity to continue bettering myself.

where I would (much) rather be monday. via themountainprep.

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:37:00 -0700

where I would (much) rather be monday. via themountainprep.

the snow in denver is coming down heavy. which only means that...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:48:00 -0700

the snow in denver is coming down heavy.

which only means that the mountains are spectacular.

my heart aches to be waist deep on the backside of a mountain right now.

it’s been weeks since i’ve been on the hill. longer since i’ve pushed myself. faced my fears. set a goal. launched of something bigger than last time, skied a tough line.

[Colter Hinchcliffe getting the goods in the Highland Bowl this morning. via aspensnowmass]

marihuertas: Run. | More.

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:41:14 -0700

marihuertas:

Run. | More.

somewhere between the long hours I’ve been committing to...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:55:00 -0700

somewhere between the long hours I’ve been committing to grad school and the even longer hours I’ve been putting in at work things have been a struggle in my neck of the woods lately to get out there. my saving grace has been laying down a few miles everyday. i’ve forgotten how good it feels to have a solid running routine. even when the weather is less than accommodating.

"Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they..."

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:40:26 -0700

“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.”

- Alan Keightley (via wendesgray)

let’s discuss how I have been living out of my suitcase...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:00:00 -0700

let’s discuss how I have been living out of my suitcase over the last couple months.

atlanta. denver. billings. denver. murtle beach. sunset beach. denver. billings. denver. crested butte. denver. billings. denver. seattle. vancouver. squamish. whistler. seatlle. denver. houston last week. denver. billings wednesday.

how I have failed to find the words, or rather the time, to lay them down. (and i’ve tried awfully hard to catch up with all of you in the in-betweens. clearly scrolling through 39 pages wasn’t enough pages to get there…)

but things have been wonderfully adventurous in the interim.

like the girls road trip from seattle to vancouver to whistler along the sea to sky highway. loaded down with so many pairs of skis that they barely fit in the back of the truck. the coolest country I’ve even seen. the most vast mountain I’ve ever skied. the stories. the laughs. the blisters.

having time with your girls is best isn’t it?

Oh, and I nearly got post company dinner in Houston. I chickened out somewhere between the neon lights, the grumpy tattoo artists, and having some of our management there to watch. it would have made for a fantastic story, and I suppose it still does. C can vouch for that.

This picture here belongs to a series of images of which one of...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:10:00 -0700

This picture here belongs to a series of images of which one of them was recently published in the “Photo Break” section of the current Crested Butte Magazine Winter issue. Although building igloos is not something I do very often (maybe once a season and usually spurred by my friend and master igloo builder Gary Dotzler) the image signifies much of what winter photography is to me: Exploration, feeling the awe and try to be somewhat creative with the tools and the elements I have at hand. In this occasion our camp was set high above the upper East River Valley and we had a full view of Mt. Crested Butte, the only beacon of civilization on our sights.

A big part of my photography is the getting out there, specially since I like to go deep into the mountains “by my own means”, without the use of motorized equipment. This schlugging of myself and my camera gear to remote locations, often enduring the elements and sometimes the frigid vacuum of the winter night seems to intensify my experience and strengthen my bond with the surroundings.

The mountains have profoundly shaped my life ever since I was a kid and photography has allowed me to express the way they deeply affect my being. There is serenity, upheaval, and above all, beauty.

Xavier Fane (spotted via CBMR)

[more images at xavierfane.com]

"Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our..."

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:03:50 -0700

“Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our span upon this earth. They touch the heavens, and sail serenely at an altitude beyond even the imaginings of a mere mortal.”

- Elizabeth Aston/Edmonson (via stephontherun)

early morning southbound. (at Denver International Airport...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:57:07 -0700

early morning southbound. (at Denver International Airport (DEN))

Farhad Moshiri has created a beautiful installation titled,...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:13:00 -0700

Farhad Moshiri has created a beautiful installation titled, “Life Is Beautiful”. What you might not see at first glance is that this fantastic installation is created using hundreds of knives which are stabbed directly into the wall. Of course, the knives are a symbolic representation of the statement alone which is full of paradox and sarcastic value. I can only ponder what approach Farhad took that allowed him to insert the knifes with such precision. The use of everyday objects, which on occasion can turn to become lethal weapons, reveals the underlying sarcastic ambiguity of Farhad’s statement.[View the entire article and voice your opinion over at Inspirez]

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some..."

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:00:38 -0700

““I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.””

- Gilda Radnor

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Beautiful night for snowboard pipe prelim’s. (at X Games Aspen...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:53:00 -0700

Beautiful night for snowboard pipe prelim’s. (at X Games Aspen 2013) via aspensnowmass

let’s call this little gem ”where I wish I was Thursday”. photo...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:46:10 -0700

let’s call this little gem ”where I wish I was Thursday”.

photo cred; Rachael Lacy

"I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of..."

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:25:00 -0700

“I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn’t find it painful to be alone. I find spending an hour or two every day running alone, not speaking to anyone, as well as four or five hours alone at my desk, to be neither difficult nor boring. I’ve had this tendency ever since I was young, when, given a choice, I much preferred reading books on my own or concentrating on listening to music over being with someone else. I could always think of things to do by myself.”

- Haruki Murakami