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The Brilliant Sky That Sets My Heart on Fire

This picture is from last week when our mornings were lit by bright, beautiful, cloudy, and hazy skies. I over-edited it because I love playing around with pictures where I can take what was, and make it feel like I felt, and see what my heart saw. I saw these vivid colors in my heart. It was everything in that moment.  I’m in a kind of dark place right now. I was supposed to have my three-month MRI today which...

How the Mountain Helped Me Heal

Under the influence of altitude I become a different person. I actually feel intoxicated and euphoric when I get high (in elevation), and I usually love the feeling. There’s something about being up high, and feeling high, naturally.  On this particular hike (Humphrey’s Peak, first attempt this year) something different happened though. It may have had a lot to do with the other factors I wrote about in my previous blog, Hiking Humphreys with Howard, my Brain Tumor.   We began...