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Threshold: A Tiny Tool for Noticing the Moment
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Threshold: A Tiny Tool for Noticing the Moment

ChrisDecember 5, 2025December 5, 2025 25 Views

(Subscribe to access) Threshold is a simple, lightweight webapp designed to help you pause, notice what’s happening, and choose your…

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Once More to the Cloud

ChrisNovember 20, 2025November 20, 2025 57 Views

Just a drive, just some rain, and killing Lori’s joy When we got back to Indiana, the weather turned gray.…

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The Road Not Yet Paved

ChrisNovember 18, 2025November 18, 2025 70 Views

On Twin Peaks Road and other long projects that teach us how to wait well The road between Casa Saguaro…

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Home Again. Home Again.
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Home Again. Home Again.

ChrisNovember 14, 2025November 14, 2025 73 Views

Out, back, again—learning to return with presence We crossed the state line on a soft day in May. Not quite…

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The Persistence of Steps
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The Persistence of Steps

ChrisNovember 11, 2025November 14, 2025 115 Views

A May hike with Jan, a few false peaks, and the rhythm that carried us home. Jan (pronounced “Yawn”) came…

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The Hunger Games (and the Leftovers)
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The Hunger Games (and the Leftovers)

ChrisNovember 7, 2025November 14, 2025 90 Views

The Sonoran hot dog is not the problem (probably) We’re still having a conversation about our refrigerator out here in…

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A Kind of Homegoing
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A Kind of Homegoing

ChrisNovember 5, 2025November 5, 2025 98 Views

On leaving Casa Saguaro, tending to the ordinary work of departure, and learning how presence lingers even as we go…

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On the Road, Still
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On the Road, Still

ChrisOctober 31, 2025October 31, 2025 137 Views

Speed limits, desert roads, and the permission to linger Out here in Picture Rocks, the roads teach patience. Every drive…

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A Room with a View (of the Parking Lot)
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A Room with a View (of the Parking Lot)

ChrisAugust 13, 2025August 13, 2025 314 Views

When a quiet moment in Starbucks becomes a reminder of what we carry It was a typical afternoon at the…

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All Quiet on the Desert Front
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All Quiet on the Desert Front

ChrisAugust 6, 2025August 13, 2025 340 Views

On solitude, entitlement, and learning to stay in the long work. It rained last night in Picture Rocks. A downpour,…

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