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Six Months Without Mirrors

I lived six months without seeing my own face. On solitude, survival, and what remains when no one is watching—and you stop correcting yourself.

23 hrs ago • Smoke and Pine

December 2025

At forty-eight, the body starts telling the truth. This is about grief, usefulness, and learning how to stay without disappearing.

Dec 30, 2025 • Smoke and Pine

Wrangell Winters

Six months alone in a cabin on the Nabesna River. Seventeen sled dogs. A winter that broke me down and rebuilt me the hard way.

Dec 2, 2025 • Smoke and Pine

November 2025

When the Fire Finally Lowered

On losing the kitchen, finding my way through the dark woods, and the woman who helped me rebuild the flame.

Nov 18, 2025 • Smoke and Pine

EMBER-BRAISED CHICKEN WITH WILD HERBS & CIDER

A woodsmoked skillet, wild herbs, and cider—this is the meal I make when I need to find my way back home.

Nov 16, 2025 • Smoke and Pine

In the Garden, the Sunflower Turned

A sunflower turned toward the light and something in me shifted too. A reflection on quiet strength, and becoming.

Nov 11, 2025 • Smoke and Pine

The Truth of the Body I Carry

A brutally honest look at life with CMT—what it takes, never took, and the real cost of surviving in this body.

Nov 9, 2025 • Smoke and Pine

October 2025

THE SIGNS ALONG THE WAY

A long road at sunset, a quiet truck cab, and the road signs that feel like they were written just for me.

Oct 31, 2025 • Smoke and Pine

The Slow Work of Fire

A reflection on patience, legacy, and the quiet work of being good. “The Slow Work of Fire” explores how cooking teaches us responsibility — to slow…

Oct 24, 2025 • Smoke and Pine

Devotion: Not Doctrine, Not Ideology

You don’t need all the answers to believe in mercy. Sometimes devotion is just love that refuses to quit.

Oct 13, 2025 • Smoke and Pine

The Bones Know The Way

I didn’t come back for peace. I came because the blood wouldn’t stop humming.

Oct 9, 2025 • Smoke and Pine

The Weight of Their Names

How I found my bloodline in the quiet hills of Gettysburg — and felt the earth remember my name.

Oct 6, 2025 • Smoke and Pine

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