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What section of the bookstore are you stuck in?
Find me in the "non-human animals" aisle. Never make me leave!
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Haley Young
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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Two best friends finding beaches
In many ways, Scout and I have built the foundation of our life together on wet salty sand. You’d think that would be unstable, you know?
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Our time runs out: Portland roundup
Routines, reflections, and favorites from three months living in the same spot
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I love bringing my dog to concerts
Train the dog, take the dog, leave the dog... just enjoy life with the dog
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April 2025 recap: Trying to blossom this spring
On big life changes, writing, and recent shenanigans
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Surprise! We're moving out of our van!
*cue Noah Kahan singing I wanna go to Maine*
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March 2025 recap
My relationship, reading takes, dog training, etc: What I wrote, what I read, where we traveled, and what I'm most looking forward to
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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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A brief record of parking lot peace
Freedom from “will anyone bother us” concerns and “we are in the most gorgeous natural environment imaginable and it would basically be the eighth…
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Vignettes from the Florida keys
Moments I just want to remember, as is, instead of shaping into some larger whole
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