Hello all and welcome to my site documenting my journey through change over the next year.

Posts

12/20/25 A Frantic Week

Activation and finals week collide

12/14/25 A Busy Kind of Sadness

Hikes with aqueducts, school & art

12/4/25 Beach

Another Thanksgiving in Puerto Escondido

11/26/25 November

Visitors, fests, and a church

11/10/25 Waterfalls

SNAP, a hike in Hidalgo, and some altars

10/27/25 In Which I Remain Sick of Crying

New museum, more pan de muerto, another a hike and a couple firsts

10/20/25 Spirit Animals & Goodbyes

The season of Dia de Muertos is upon us!

10/13/25 New Choices & New States in Mexico

Catching y’all up

9/28/25 Cusco & a Very Long Post

Cusco, the Inca Trail, Santiago! I promise it’s mostly pictures

8/31/25 A Food Weekend

Eat all the things and see some books!

8/26/25 Anniversaries and Such

One year later

8/18/25 School’s Out and A Very Big Hike

Final paper is complete and turned in, phew! Portland heats up. And I walked a very long ways

7/29/25 Virgins Everywhere

A week of study, rain, and sharing my photo collection

7/21/25 Albert Brooks is Annoying

Struggles with mental health & wet season hikes are like Oregon

7/9/25 Denver

Seeing my Heids, some goats, epic travel high & lows and a mountain

6/29/25 Learning is my Love Language

Back in school and some long awaited vegan tacos

6/22/25 In Search of Fireflies

A weekend in magic Matlatzinca land

6/16/25 #NoKings

Protestin’ with depression

6/9/25 Homecoming

Portland in May is a beautiful thing and feelings suck

5/13/25 A Light Round of Inner Turmoil

A slightly sick Kerry, a slightly sick pup, and a slight amount of pre trip anxiety

5/4/25 Los Dinamos

A very in town week, exploring Parque Nacional Los Dinamos

4/29/25 Baja

A trip to Baja Sur

4/20/25 Birds that come to visit, kayaks & a gorgeous day for a hike

Tropical fruits, a visiting baby bird, some fightin’, some canals to be kayaked, and more walking

4/13/25 Back in the Saddle

What to do with potatoes and more walking

3/30/25 Market Days

The largest food market in the world

3/24/25 A Return to Routine

Shifting perspectives, urban walks, music & a bit of nature

3/19/25 Birthday Week

A birthday trip

3/14/25ish A Very Tourist Week

A visit with the parents and some stupendous eats

3/1/25 Limas

An epic citrus find

2/23/25 Jazz n Butterflies

A night of jam sessions, a long awaited eating fest, and a monarch sanctuary

2/16/25 A working week

Too much work, tattooes and more adventures in section 2

2/9/25 Bacalar

Weekend in Bacalar & exhaustion.

2/2/25 Section 3 & Carnitas

Day hike in Chapultepec.

1/26/25 Walking Up Things

An accidental hike.

1/17/25 The First of Many Taco Editions

Tacos and a park.

1/10/25 Seriously Delayed

Walkabouts, learning, and farming.

11/18 Festivities

Mexican Revolution Day.

11/12 Nesting

Getting the lay of the land through trial & error

11/03 Moving Day

Getting the lay of the land through trial & error

10/26 Week Two

Feeling all the feels pre Day of the Dead.

10/20 Morning in Coyoacan

Featuring my charming landing spot, Leo’s new BFF & a trip to Costco