Looking through my book list from 2019, it’s interesting to remember where I was when reading each of these titles, what was happening in my…
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2019 has been a good year for top shots- I found rock and people to climb it with in Spain, France, Switzerland, Canada and the…
View More TopshotsMontreal Climate Strike
It was a frantic week with Montreal’s climate strike arriving the day after our Premiere with Cirque Eloize’s Seul Ensemble. The good news was that…
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I wake to that low blue light, light like the edge of a candle, already knowing I’ll be the only one up- I’ll have the…
View More The SplintersA City Like Sunset
Decades-old paint rest on every wall, dusty ochres and russets that crackle and bake in the July heat. A city like sunset. Rome is hot,…
View More A City Like SunsetSlab
This past weekend, Dad, Stef and I drove to Middlebury to do some slab climbing. In the great tradition of car camping we piled an…
View More SlabA Sober Mind (a year without drink)
January 8th, 2019 marked one year of not drinking. When it came up in conversation throughout the year, which was less often than I had…
View More A Sober Mind (a year without drink)Books of 2018
The only resolution I made for 2018 was to write down every book I read. That’s it. I had heard some clever phrase, something like…
View More Books of 2018Shanghai- A New Kind of Awe
We’re in Shanghai with Cirque du Soleil to perform Russian Bar with 5 other acts (straps, lamp, banquine, dancers, aerial bike) in one televised 5-minute…
View More Shanghai- A New Kind of AweThanksgiving- a Note of Circus Solidarity
When it comes down to it, the holidays are an excuse to come together. The tree, the cake, the turkey; they are accessories to celebration.…
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