“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide,” wrote Albert Camus. There is also at least one truly serious philosophical wonder.
Imposter syndrome may indicate you’re off track. Don’t “act as if” or “fake it till you make it.” Pause, and reconsider your course.
A simple guide for—and personal account of—harvesting and smoking red osier dogwood, or what Native Americans and pioneers of the Ohio Valley called kinnikinnick.
Here’s everything you should know about Limmer Standards and Limmer Customs if you’re buying online.
Erik tells me he’s thinking of eating psychedelic mushrooms, something he hasn’t yet done in life. He thinks he’ll “microdose,” he says.
I must talk him out of this insanity.
Wordle is unique in that it’s an addiction you can’t indulge to your detriment.
The book you hold in your hands is considered a “prose masterpiece” and the best that Edward Abbey ever produced.
I’m writing because my wife and I are interested in buying a house that currently belongs to you.
While on the road through Flagstaff, Arizona, my van goes caput. I pause to record impressions.
Joplin blew out a hit. The smoke hung and twisted in the sunlight, and he studied it there, looking for an answer or sign.
The other day I drove over to the bank and closed my one and only credit account. I was inspired by Daniel Suelo.
I don’t know how best to tell you this, but you’re wrong. You’re wrong about me, and I fear you are wrong about the world.
Michael Pollan’s contribution to the psychedelic renaissance reinforces the very power structures that the countercultural psychonauts opposed.
A life unfolds in weeks, days, seconds, even infinitesimal moments. But it's made sense of and recalled in chapters. And chapters span years.
I've been thinking lately that we humans aren't as complex and mysterious as I'd originally supposed.
I went camping and the moon was full and when it reached in the sky to eleven o’clock I abandoned my fire and walked.
Misfits threaten to diversify Provo, Utah, with The Boxcar Studios—an atelier and community events center.
I remember nights on your patio, admiring your handiwork and greenthumbery, drinking whiskey or playing guitars, talking...
I presented the following speech at UVU's My Word!, a ceremony that celebrates student art and writing as published in the English department's journals.
If we want a future with a public sphere that upholds American democracy, we need to rethink how we publish, pay for, and consume digital news media.
Frank is owed a pension, but he can’t get it. Payroll won’t dispense it unless Frank has both an address and a bank account, but he can’t get either of those without the money.
I had come to depend on it in the way that only a walking stick can be depended on. And I discovered the difference between a good walking stick and a poor one.