I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it.

Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to bear in our lives.

Can I convince the person about whom I'm crazy to be crazy about me? The short answer is no. The long answer is no.

It was my life — like all lives, mysterious and irrevocable and sacred. So very close, so very present, so very belonging to me. How wild it was, to let it be.

No' is golden. 'No' is the kind of power the good witch wields. It's the way whole, healthy, emotionally evolved people manage to have relationships with jackasses while limiting the amount of jackass in their lives.

You don’t have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt with. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you’re holding and my dear one, you and I have been granted a mighty generous one.

Every time I set foot on that trail, I feel grateful for the PCTA for doing the work it does to protect and preserve it