When you only have 30 mins to play on your bike in the sun, you do static drills in your crocs.
Sometimes the only way to find the sun in the Pacific Northwest is to rise above the clouds. Hey there Mt. Rainer 🏔️
…… all that I can be. One of my favorites I have written.
maureen2musings : > jennilsphotography > Love Owls 🦉
“Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.” - Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures Loved reading this book....
Happy Thanksgiving 🍁
sleepyeyes : > LATE NIGHT SCRIBBLER > > Tangled sheets > > Like the mess in my head > > Of all the words that remain inadequate. > > Caught in strands of st...
whiskey-bent : > Snow on the mountains this week.
Darkness creeps in, So slowly, That long summer nights seem to abruptly end. Though they have been waning steadily, The loss of seconds surrenders to minutes that turns into hours, And ...
aestum : > (by nathanleeallen ) It’s a beautiful year for fall colors in the PNW.
Finishing up a short story. Are you upset if the main character dies in the story? Yes No Maybe, depends if it adds a twistSee Results Not sure how to wrap it up yet, a few ways. Help me w...
Standing on the edge.
Perfect time to be lost in this book right now.
Time. It has strict rules. Twenty-four hours in a day. Sixty minutes in an hour. It is unyielding, robotic, steadfast. It stops and waits for no one. These last two years have blurred seeming...
Surrender into the depths of the words I have not said. The letters that have not formed past silence. My heart beat dulled By the rib cage that surrounds it. So much masked emotion I c...
This picture kinda of sums up a lot. First like most of us we are tackling each day as best we can. Life has changed. There is nothing to break up the existence of one day into the other and we...
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High tides Wash over deserted thoughts, Worn down around the edges Smooth from too much contemplation. Fog creeps in on it’s tippy toes, And the silence is so loud it screams. Sleep...
Writings as I travel the worlds. Things that inspire me. Quotes that motivate. Sayings to remember. Notes on workouts that kicked my butt. Poems that I’ve tattooed out in love and tears collected. Pictures of beauty. This is little bit of everything. ____________________________________ Legal (got to do it :) All works signed off with “sleepyeyes” are subject to the following - This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. You are more than welcome to reblog any of my original writings or photos, just please leave the source intact. ______________________________________ ____________________________________ Home to malcontents, revolutionaries, crossfitters and do-gooders of all types. * Things to do - “You will never leave where you are until you decided where you’d rather be…” * Jump on a trampoline and stick to a velcro wall (inspired by lauren) * Dog Sled in Mongolia * Dance in the Rain * Snowball fight in Russia * See Everest * Have Tea in South Africa * Sailboat around Greece * Ride on the back of a Motorcycle * Golf in Scotland (someone has to teach me how to hit the ball first!) * Salsa & Tango in Spain * Spend a month Backpacking across Europe * Hike around Peru * Meditate in India * Mountain Bike in Moab * Grand Canyon * Climb the Highest points in all 50 states (49 more to go) * race go carts * run a full marathon 26.2 miles * rappell out of a helicopter * see the northern lights * run the great wall * stay in an ice hotel * skinny dip * visit amazon * fly somewhere just for lunch * ride on the back of a garbage truck * do a muscle up * stay in an over water bungalow, bora bora *a live japanese sumo match * Ice Fish * compete at another Corssfit competition * fly fish * ride the Trans Siberian Rail Road * raft down the Grand Canyon * Publish my 3rd book * Dive off the coast of Australia * Stay on a working ranch * Heli - Ski * Trek Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska * Explore the Galapagos * Amazon River and Rainforest * Visit the Taj Mahal * Stand among the Terra-cotta Warriors of Xi'an, China * Hike to Machu Picchu * Stick my toe or foot in every new body of water I have not been to before * Watch the sun over Mt. Fitz Roy * ______________________________________ Random things I have done - “I will not be just a tourist in a world of images.” -Anais Nin Learned to ballroom dance * Paraglide in Austria * Ran half a Marathon * Crossfit Level One Certified * Ran through a field of corn * Went into the Great Pyramid in Egypt * Fell in the canal in Venice * Published my writing * Sky Dived in Arizona * Climbed Mt. Elbert, Colorado * Skied in Zermatt, Switzerland (almost over a cliff with my father:) * Done a NOLS course * Muscle Up * Bought Tulips in Holland with my mother * Stood in Anne Franks house * can do hand stand push-ups * Got my Diving Certification in Jamaica with Big D * Grieved in a concentration camp in Germany * rode a mechanical bull * Ate Belguim waffles in Belguim * did a night dive (scary) * Visited with Mona Lisa in person in Paris * Went to the real Moulin Rouge show with my grandparents * had food fight * Ate the best Pita and Hummus in Akko, Israel * owned llamas * Slept under the stars in Joshua Tree * swam with a horse in the ocean * Went to Heaven and Hell in Turkey * got lost in the Cario market * 3 days 3 state road trip * Drove Key West in a Red Convertible * Walked through the Butchart Gardens * _________________________________________ _________________________________________ “To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly…to listen to stars and buds, to babes and sages, with open heart; await occasions,hurry never…this is my symphony.” — william henry channing