Articles

  • The Mountains Are Calling

    Today I am embarking on a three month adventure into the Trinity mountains in California. I got a job at Camp Unalayee, which is a camp for kids, ages 10-17, and encourages them to explore the outdoors. Starting today I’ll be out of the real world for most of the summer, coming back for a Read more

  • Mumford & Sons and Their Wilder Mind

    Mumford & Sons and Their Wilder Mind

    There’s something about four lads from England with instruments in hand, and the knowledge of how to play them, that gets me all hot and bothered. The first British quartet to come into my life was The Beatles when I was about four years old. My dad had a poster of them in his office Read more

  • A Hike to Hobart Bluff

    A Hike to Hobart Bluff

    I’m going to veer off from my usual blog posts today. I’m currently taking a History of the Pacific Northwest Wilderness class at Southern Oregon University and one of our assignments was to go explore a Wilderness area in either Oregon or Washington and make a blog post about our experience. This is my experience Read more

  • Ben Howard, Portland, Oregon

    It’s a surreal moment when you see one of your favorite bands live. They come on stage and you scream with everyone else, hardly able to grasp that the musicians whose music has shaped and influenced you so much are really standing in front of you. Seeing Ben Howard in Portland, Oregon left me with Read more

  • What I’m Listening To, The Head And The Heart

    The Head And The Heart hold very special memories for me. I first heard them when I was in France staying on a friend’s homestead. My friend Gonzo played The Head And The Heart’s song Rivers and Roads countless times on his tiny guitar and with his booming voice while our other friends chimed in Read more

  • What I’m Listening To, The Vaccines

    What I’m Listening To, The Vaccines

    Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2014 treated you well and if it was rather unforgiving, like my year was, then I hope it helped you grow as a person and made you stronger in facing 2015. Let’s start the year off with some good music, shall we? During late spring of 2014 I began Read more