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From afar friends: Surprise campground cats
Watching them comfortable enough to inch closer is a glorious sight. (Plus a scrapbook of other recent thoughts, all in one place.)
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Van life duality in California's redwoods
Aren’t the multitudes the point?!
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Positive punishment and prancing prairie dogs
Dog training nuance, "positive punishment", and sharing space with Montana's wild creatures
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Do dogs need blankets and jackets and comfort?
Scout is a majestic predator-scavenger descended from wild ancestors. She also likes to be cozy.
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Leash your dog, please (and be nice about it?)
Come one, come all: Heated off-leash dog incidents are happening again
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On saying goodbye to an outdoor gear affiliate program
I will continue to gleefully rep this brand I love! But I do not need more stuff, free or not.
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Close encounters of the creature kind
It is so often these close encounters that fill us with wonder—that allow us to more fully appreciate our fellow creatures. But they are also, so often…
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February 2025 recap
I wrote a lot this month! Here's where you can read what I wrote, if that sounds like fun.
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Ways we've gone increasingly feral
Cliché: We moved into a van... and Sean started making his own granola.
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One of the realest things to ever stir my chest
Drafted four hours after sunset in Bahia Honda State Park on February 15th.
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Things that make Scout an excellent campground dog
And that I hope writing down will help me stop taking for granted!
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Well-behaved and composed and good
“We never scold her for anything anymore,” Sean remarked the other day. He’s right—we never need to.
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