BOOK TOUR UPDATE: I will be signing and selling copies of my new book, Ultra-Something,…
Continue Reading-
Friday Inspiration 427
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: I have a new book called “Ultra-Something” coming out May 23rd, but I’m…
Continue Reading -
How I Handwrite My Illustrated Stories
A few months back, I posted on Instagram a short video of myself hand-writing something…
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 426
I think it’s a testament to Beau Miles’s YouTube following that he can make a…
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 425
After 45-ish seconds of this, I was kind of thinking, “Is this just a video…
Continue Reading -
How I Became A Cruiser Bike Guy
As I pedal my cruiser bike nowadays, I often have to remind myself that although…
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 424
Although I think the title of this is a teeny bit drastic, and maybe we…
Continue Reading -
A Story About The Making Of My Book ‘I Hate Running and You Can Too’
I Hate Running and You Can Too on Bookshop I Hate Running and You…
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 423
I have a quick favor to ask: If you have two minutes, would you help…
Continue Reading -
My Favorite Opening Scene Of An Adventure Book
You don’t have much time to grab people’s attention nowadays: This is one of the…
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 422
You don’t have to look too far on most social media these days to find…
Continue Reading -
The Art Of The Long-Term Bit
I posted the following slides to my Instagram the other day, hoping that a few…
Continue Reading -
8,037 days
For a very long time now, I have tried to send my friend Dave a…
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 421
Someone told me about the Texas Water Safari a few years ago, and I thought…
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 420
I don’t knit, but this is the best thing I’ve seen on a screen this…
Continue Reading -
Quit Or Laugh
— If you enjoyed this piece, please consider supporting my work.
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 419
I don’t want to spoil this, but you really do have to watch until the…
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 418
So usually for this newsletter, I try to find a video that’s a) under 10…
Continue Reading -
A Shed Of One’s Own
In my many years of writing about adventure, one thing I know for sure is…
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 417
The tagline for this is “a movie about discovering the power of the female cycle,”…
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 416
This is a couple years old but it’s the first I have actually heard of…
Continue Reading -
We Are All Buffalo Bills Fans
— If you enjoyed this piece, please consider supporting my work.
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 415
This is a super-interesting short film about Canada’s Rogers Pass, weaving together two women’s stories,…
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 414
BRIEF BUT IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: I am once again teaching a writing + trail running workshop…
Continue Reading -
I Ask A Pro Ultrarunner 87 Questions
I am not that curious about how to get faster as a trail runner, but…
Continue Reading -
Make 2024 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm
SOME HISTORY AND CONTEXT: I first published this essay in 2012, and every year that…
Continue Reading -
Friday Inspiration 413
At first I was wondering if this camera work was going to make me nauseous,…
Continue Reading