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Behold my 2023 New Year’s resolutions
Every year about this time, I jot down a list of goals for the upcoming 12 months. In past years, I’ve vowed to write a book (check), learn to make fire using the bow method (check), swim a 200 butterfly without fins (check), and run with scissors, figuratively...

From hiking in Peru to surfing in Ireland, my most memorable travel experiences of 2022
This year I traveled by airplane 16 different times. I visited nine states, skied at eight different ski resorts, made six overnight trips in Vincent VanGo, my campervan, and left the country five times. And once, just last week, I almost got swept up in a coup...

Puffed kelp chips, anyone? New snack chips are crunchy, sustainable and weird
Puffed kelp chips, anyone? I’m an avid scuba diver and ocean lover, so when I heard about a new organic chip made with kelp, I wanted to try it. I’m munching on a bag of 12 Tides chili pepper flavor puffed kelp chips right now, and, well, they’re not bad. They're not...

Turkeys, get ready to trot!
I’ve been mixing a little running in with my regular schedule of swimming and biking lately. It’s part of my gear up for next week’s ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot. I do the run every year. I love being part of that moving throng of humans, some dressed as turkeys,...