saturday sun
Took a little road trip out to Joshua Tree this weekend, hiked Ryan Mountain, and acquired a National Park Pass! Joshua Tree holds a special place in my heart—there’s something very magical about it’s pink and gold sunsets and unique landscape. There’s also amazing vegan peach pie out there and surprisingly good seitan burgers (Boo’s Organic Oven and Crossroads Cafe). Film photos pending, but here are some cell phone / Fujifilm shots in the meantime.
Stayed a little RV out in the desert. Not sure how I feel about RV life
Sprouting a Joshua Tree on top of Ryan Mountain
Swung by SoCal Food Fest on the way back home — always crazy looking back on how far the vegan food scene has come (and sometimes…how it hasn’t come far at all…). This was fried enoki and sweet sauce.
other updates
Reading too many books at once (The Great Firewall, Don’t Even Think About It, and Range) —aiming for 125 at the end of the year and it seems doable
Finally watched Avengers: Endgame and sort of can’t figure out why I used to like superhero movies?
Trying to learn more about foraging and plant identification in the local area—I can identify two types of coastal brush and chollas and that’s about it
On the job hunt
Finally working on a side project—how can we make it easier for consumers to minimize pesticide risk in their produce while also minimizing cost?
Planned two snowboarding trips for the winter already—Big Bear for Christmas and Tahoe post-New Year and I’m very psyched
Ho Hey by The Lumineers is pretty hard to play on the guitar
The news cycle is an overwhelming mess
I haven’t listened to any podcasts lately and I would like to do that soon
Shared this post on Medium almost exactly a year ago now. I am incredibly grateful for the human connection that vulnerability has enabled
It’s 90 degrees and it’s the end of October
reflection questions
Is it more important to love or be loved?
What makes you feel energized?
