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Note (1/15/20): This essay was partially written for a University of Minnesota course and partially inspired by my upcoming experience studying abroad in Senegal — and was also posted to resilience.org A cascade of flakes skitters across the frozen land. A single morsel of snow, one of a billion messengers bridging the heavens with theContinue reading “Miracles and Tragedies of Modern Travel: a Love-Hate Story”

Note: This essay was originally written for and published to MAHB (mahb.stanford.edu) on November 16, 2017. It was subsequently published to resilience.org on April 17, 2018 I’m sitting cross-legged, yogi-like, meditating next to a small pond in an endless forest under an endless sky, bathing in the brilliant light of the moon and a smatteringContinue reading “Reflections on an Extraordinary Time: Perspectives from a 21st-Century College Student”

Note: This essay was originally written for and published to resilience.org on June 20, 2018 In a hair under three years from this date, I will graduate with a college degree. Now, of course, many, many factors go into play for this all to go according to plan, including, but not limited to: continuing toContinue reading “Flaws and Fallacies of the American Education System: Thoughts on the Dissonances and Difficulties Faced by the Modern College Student”

Note: This essay was originally written for and published to resilience.org on July 24, 2018 I bought a tent last week. It’s a nice tent… nothing too special. A two-person backpacker. A Coleman. Solid, American brand. Got it second-hand, at a garage sale, for 40 whole dollars. Far too good a deal to pass up,Continue reading “Money Can’t (and Shouldn’t) Buy Happiness: Producers, Consumers, and the Consumptive Mindset”

Note: This essay was originally written for and published to resilience.org on August 27, 2018 It is estimated that, up to the present day, approximately 100 billion humans have ever lived on Earth. This letter is dedicated to the potential one trillionth human life of the future, for whom inhabiting a healthy, sustainable, and beauteousContinue reading “An Open Letter to Us”

Note: This piece was written during the fall of my sophomore year at the U of M, and originally published to resilience.org on November 13, 2018. A footfall sounds on the unfrequented trail. There it rests. The encasing boot prepares to release its rubbery grip. However… the order does not arrive; a bizarre feeling forContinue reading “On Presence: Recent Lessons from the Wild”

Note (1/8/20): This was written throughout the first months of 2019. I’ll let the rest speak for itself. Picking up Turning over Dusting off What one does with any trusted  record  Preparing to be respun Is equally critical for all other since  set aside disks Of memory fading Of life gone by To be returnedContinue reading “One Square Mile”