Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• 2023 - Week 7 - The Calm Before the Puppy Storm

  18 Feb, 2023

  Wherein I look forward to our Arizona trip, reflect on my job "post burnout", wonder at Lou's crochet and my pride at their begining to write again, note Oz's enjoyment of their acting class, note the "UFO" talk in the news and the Turkey/Syria quake's death toll being over 40k, and I chatted with ChatGPT about the distinction between fear and excitement

• 2023 - Week 6 - Planning Adventure, Remembering the Journey

  11 Feb, 2023

  Wherein I discuss our planning our trip to Pheonix, AZ, praising Lou's ability juggle all the things, lament our scattered belongings, talk about my Thursday hike on a Friday, reflect on a journal from 2016, and my excitement at the prospect of soon seeing cacti in person again (while thinking about a trip here in 2019)

• 2023 - Week 5 - On Spy Balloons and Purple Hair

  4 Feb, 2023

  Wherein I mark the 1/12th mark of the 2023 by recalling 2013, talk about the "spy balloon" over Montana, Lou dying their hair purple, we got a blanket for an allergen test for Oz, Lou crocheted some stuff, the spy balloon was shot down over the ocean of the Carolinas.

• 2023 - Week 4 - Next - A Longer Birthmaspalooza Break (WIP)

  27 Jan, 2023

  Lou's Birthday and Bigger than Roe, I describe Thursday Hikes. The Earth's core stopped spiining. We started watching The Last of Us. We found a breeder for an American Hairless. Watched shows, movies, and played games. My father's colon cancer returned. Footage was released of Tyre Nichols death.

• 2023 - Week 3 - Another Week (WIP)

  21 Jan, 2023

  Another "WIP" project post as I tried to get into the swing of writing these posts. It's the first mention of wanting to get a dog. I also mention how important hiking meditation has become to me. I link to a couple of lovely things Lou has made and lament the slow progress on my 2023 goals, which I hadn't defined.

• 2023 - Week 2 - Ramping Up, Doing Stuff (WIP)

  14 Jan, 2023

  Second weekly Saturday post for 2023 - I'm hesitant, tentative, and unsure. I talked about trying to buy a washer/dryer combo unit and Oz's acting class. Also starting to play Infinity RPG and talked about loving this place where we live. And more. It was a post, get off my back about it.

• 2023 - Week 1 - So Long 2022, Hello 2023 (WIP)

  7 Jan, 2023

  My first "Saturday Post" based on a commitment I made to myself to post every Saturday through 2023.

• About Us

  1 Jan, 2023

  This was the about-us page for ephandlou.com, it is captured here now for posterity despite there no longer being Eph & Lou

• Trip Report - Mount Rainier National Park - July 2022 (WIP)

  1 Aug, 2022

  We took a family trip to Mount Rainier and, despite my injury (and extreme Summer), it was an wonderful experience (that I never captured here - I will have to finish this post eventually).

• Committing to Something Scary

  30 Apr, 2022

  To truly progress you must move toward that which makes you uncomfortable, toward challenge.

• Trip Report - Wildcat Trail on Green Mountain - 23 April 2022

  24 Apr, 2022

  I did an aggressive hike at Wildcat Trail on Green Mountain and wrote a doozy of a post about it. 💪

• Trip Report - Quinault - March 2022 (WIP)

  28 Mar, 2022

  We took a family trip to Lake Quinault, Quinault River, and the Quinault Rainforest as a family.

• Fallsview Canyon Hike

  21 Feb, 2022

  We took a lovely Winter hike at Fallsview Canyon Campground in Olympic National Forest. This is the story of that adventure.