Naked Hiker Rocky Mountains National Park, CO
"Headed, I fear, toward a most useless of place, the waiting place. For people just waiting. [...] Everyone is just waiting. No! That's...
Naked Hiker Canyons of the Ancients, Co
Tuesdays are for Trivia. Today I needed to leave early. Not because I had something planned, just because I needed to. There was tugging...
No Time for Bitterness (Published in USC anthology "Within/Without"
Tonight is unusually bright. Moonlight seeps between our curtains, spilling across the furnishing of our room. I do not need the light of...
Naked Hiker Angle's Landing, Zion National Park, Utah
This was the first Naked Hiker photo during my half-cross-country move to Denver for Grad school. I remember feeling elated like I was...
Reason 23
We live in a culture that shames normal and glorifies this photoshopped unattainable image. It impossible to avoid all the adds. Why is...
Reason 22
As soon as I graduated High school, I packed my shit and moved in with my Aunt. Partly, because she was lonely after losing her husband....
Naked Hiker Salt Wash, Utah
I've only seen my dad cry three times. The first time was when he had to put Sonja (Our 19-year-old shepherd mutt, His first daughter) to...
Naked Hiker Three Sisters Falls, Descanso, CA
Recently, a friend told me they did not understand how I could be so bored all the time. However, what I have been experiencing is far...
Naked Hiker Polaroid North of Big Sur
I caught myself thinking about the massive crush I had on my best friend in high school. They say girls never get friend zoned but I was...
Naked Hiker Somewhere on the Californian Coast North of Big Sir
Building off of my last blog about self-love, it's important to love ourselves first because we accept the love that we think we deserve....
Naked Hiker Heart Lake
Self-love is so important because no one else is ever going to love you perfectly. Not even yourself. I have a group of best friends. Not...
Naked Hiker Skeleton Point Grand Canyon, AZ
I remember being so excited that Amanda was in the U.S., even more, excited she was presenting her work at a conference in Las Vegas,...
Naked Hiker some random pull out in Zion Canyon
*Trigger Warning: this post will have graphic detail*
Naked Hiker The First Ascent Mt Beerwah, Glasshouse Mountains Australia
If you haven't read reasons 14, 17, and 19; I would politely suggest you go back and read those for some extra background details. I had...
Reason 17
Schatje. My favorite Dutch word. Google says it means baby, but this is false. Jesper explained to me that the 'je' at the end of a word...
