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The Beauty of Passin’ Through
The guesthouse was built into the side of the mountain, all wood and stone, with a few picnic tables and an outdoor refrigerator full of Peja (Albanian beer.) Hikers from the UK, Israel, France,…
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POB Field Journal
DAY 1 June 8, 2026 Theth, Albania → Valbonë, Albania Trail Stats We got from Dubrovnik, Croatia, to Teth, Albania by the skin of our teeth. 8 hours, 3 buses. Entering Teth first thought…
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Clips of the Camino
A five-day walk along Spain’s northern coast from San Sebastián to Bilbao. Sometimes the photos tell the story better than words. These are my original trail notes from each day, paired with the route…
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Years in Service
I tend to write about the glamorous parts of my life, the exciting otherworldly parts. Hell, who wouldn’t want to read that? I am now going to write about something else, less glamorous, but…
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Surf City, Safe Streets, Sick Dictator
Originally published: Jan 14, 2026 Also known as: Surf, Skate, Papusas: El Salvador I went to El Salvador in December with two friends and no expectations beyond surf all day everyday with no wetsuits.…
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I need my cottage.
Originally published: Nov 30, 2025 I think about my cottage a lot. Not like a Santa Barbara-style “cottagecore” backyard studio with exposed beams and lemon trees. This is much more cottag-y than that. Much…
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A Reporter versus A Journalist
Originally Published: Nov 28, 2025 Well the website worked. I am now a journalist. What I no longer have the bandwidth for, is to write creatively on my own website. Oh irony, you taste…
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An Ode to the South
Originally Published: Sept 12, 2024 *Prior to reading my poem, here is a little more contextual information about me: My mother hails from Atlanta, Georgia; my father from the San Francisco Bay Area. I…
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The Club that Changed my College Experience
Originally Published: Aug 4, 2024 Since I’ve been at UC Santa Barbara, I have had one group of people, one club, dominate most of my time. It’s been the sun around which my college…
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