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The equatorial Sun has only just pierced the horizon, offering a dab of color to a sky that, for once, is quite foreboding. But no, not warning of rain — reeking of pollution. A cocktail of particulates has caused dangerous air quality across Senegal, and on this third straight day of it, the city feelsContinue reading “Sunu Gaal, a Divergence”

Hello again! While I had every intention to post more frequently about life ci Sénégal this past month, I guess that exact life got in the way. And what a month! It’s been an honestly insane 5+ weeks here at pre-service training — in ways good, not-so-good, and everywhere in between — and condensing themContinue reading “Acclimating, Bës bu Nekk”

Salaam Aleekum! || Bonjour! || Hello! Wow. What an absolute whirlwind. I’m writing these words Sunday Sept. 30th — nine days following my departure from Milwaukee, arrival for Peace Corps staging in Washington D.C, and launching off point for this insane life adventure. I’ve been overusing one word these past nine months, in frequent attemptsContinue reading “Setting Off, Settling In”

Note (6/23/23): This was written throughout the month of June, during rare pauses in this eventful summer. It isn’t long now… June wrapping up, May come and gone, April leapt by. One of those brief pauses, eddy to the flow. Another crossroads moment, it feels, watershed-like. I rest my paddle and twist in the sternContinue reading “Here or There, Then and Now”

Note (3/5/23): Back in the summer of 2020, I worked with a group of college peers / friends to research, write, and publish a free online library of content for Overstory Alliance, a non-profit organization we all helped to kickstart that year. These articles spanned an immense variety of topics, such as: energy, ecology, economics,Continue reading “Overstory Alliance Articles”

Note (10/5/22): This is a short little slice-of-life moment I wrote about back in June. I’ve always loved the Cedar Riverside neighborhood for its melting pot nature — of interesting sights, smells, food, cultures, characters — and I also love relating seemingly ordinary interactions like this one to wider boundary topics / issues. It’s beenContinue reading “6/20/22 ~9:05pm”

Note (9/11/22): On August 31st, my family lost one of our two beloved cats, Barkley. He was ill for about a month-and-a-half, and eventually succumbed to it. This is for him, written over the few days to follow. At first, it seems that suddenly losing a pet thrusts only pain into your life. A partContinue reading “To Barkley”

Note (6/3/22): For about six weeks this spring — from late March to May — I was fortunate to travel and work all over the West Coast for Wilderness Inquiry’s “Canoemobile” program (read all about what the program is below). While out there, I was our “Outreach Lead,” tasked with photography, managing social media, andContinue reading “Canoemobile Spring ’22 Blogs”

Note (11/29/21): I first started this in a UMN poetry course back in 2019, then promptly forgot about it. It felt right to return to — giving closure in more ways than one. I remember she says, when days passed without a tick, and feelings shared without a murmur.I remember, I say, when college wasContinue reading “I Remember”

Note (10/2/21): This was originally written in 1/21 as an introduction to my thesis, before later being cut. What follows is an adapted version, a sketch of some wonderful moments in Utah this past January. Senegal never crosses my mind this morning. Nor does the impending semester or job hunt, next steps and looks back,Continue reading “A Mason Jar Elegy”