Tales

Luna is my 2017 NuCamp T@B 320 CS-S (Clamshell/Shower) teardrop camper. I named her Luna because I love the moon. It comforts me. And, her shape and coloring rather looks like the moon. So, what better way to honor my tiny trailer sidekick than to name her Luna? ​ She had been a dream of mine for quite some time but only on the very distant horizon. Until 2019, when I travelled to West Texas for a solo camping trip in the Davis Mountains State Park. I'd solo camped ther

During a pandemic, a major weather event, the loss of a loved one, etc., remembering to practice gratitude can be the very last thing on your list. Perhaps, it's not even on your list. That's especially true for people who live at the shadow's edge. But, it may just be the thing that saves you. As I recently posted, we just endured a pretty major weather event in Texas. Many people lost basic services like electricity and clean water. Many of my friends suffered without

For nearly a week, my great State of Texas family has been tested by fire...well, by ice actually. Texas just experienced the coldest Artic air mass we've seen in quite some time. Several waves of it to be exact, pounding us with subzero temperatures, ice, and snow. For whatever reasons (and there are many), my fellow Texans were also subjected to a power grid failure on a massive scale as well, leaving hundreds of thousands without the basic necessity of heat for days. N

Welcome! If you read my "About" page, you might be thinking, "Wow. You do quite a lot of activities. You can't possibly be someone who struggles with depression and anxiety."  That would appear to be the case.  However, those examples are merely the peaks on my life's landscape.  The valleys are those days spent shuttered inside my home, unable to even step outside due to an overwhelming and debilitating funk; the hours spent hovering inside my camper struggling to muster t