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Imagined Life by Trefil & Summers

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Among travel books, what makes a masterpiece? Sure, we love the writer who describes a location or culture in stunning, heart-flipping prose. But what debt of thanks and praise do we owe the yarner who completely transports us to places … Continue reading →

Lakpa’s Lucky Day

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“It must have been my lucky day,” Lakpa Sherpa says, encapsulating the miracle his family performed to secure his exit from Nepal during its recent, bloody civil war. Beginning in the mid-1990s, a Maoist communist insurgency faction fought to topple … Continue reading →

The Secret Wisdom of Nature by Peter Wohlleben

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I’d love to recommend this book to all the world’s would-be Greta Thunbergs and passionate climate change fighters; however, I’ll most likely recommend it to writing coaches who are passionate about fighting writing change.  Continue reading →

P is for Pterodactyl by Raj Haldar and Chris Carpenter

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Repeat after me: W is for wren. M is for mnemonic. D is for Djibouti. This book is the worst alphabet book EVER…and it’s proud of it! Haldar, Raj and Chris Carpenter. P is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book … Continue reading →

Feeld by Jos Charles

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Language. It’s as slippery and fluid as gender. And some of us need poetry to grasp that. Charles, Jos. feeld. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2018. Print. Genre: poetry Summary: Jos Charles, trans editor and poet, recipient of the Poetry Foundation’s … Continue reading →

Beyawned Earth: Pillownauts and the Downside of Space Travel by Yours Truly

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This Saturday, July 20, 2019 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The feat cemented humankind’s toehold on the final frontier’s doorstep. In the coming year, engineers and scientists are poised to establish a permanently inhabited base … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Challenge by Yours Truly

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I am so pleased to announce that Mountain Flyer‘s Issue No. 61 features my in-depth profile on the teens whose lives have cycled from average to amazing thanks to mountain biking.

“Choose Your Challenge: Durango Devo’s Winning Formula” trails a wildly popular local 501c3 organization in my community that gets young people ell beyond their normal comfort zones, riding bikes not just over mountains, but also over life’s larger challenges.

Durango Devo kindly let me follow their butt-kickin’ State Championship team on a thrashing ride through the local Star Wars trail system!

Get your copy of Mountain Flyer and shift your expectations of what’s possible.

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