A View of the Wildcat Fire
Somedays I think I have a pretty cool job and this fire was one of those. It used to be that when I went on a fire assignment I took hundred of photos but anymore I’m lucky if I have any photographic...
View ArticleRe-Imagining Summer
For the past ten summers, these pictures have been my life. In the words of Dr. Suess, “Oh the places you’ll go.” And have I ever gone, to California, New Mexico, Arkansas, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho,...
View Articlereturning to a career in wildland fire
A young version of myself wandering the edges of Maine. Such a clean shirt! Wildland fire has taken me on a lot of amazing adventures since I started my crazy career. From herding cows in rural New...
View ArticleIn Search of Summer Tunes
The other night Jake and I were out running errands and I started digging around in my door cubbies. Apparently it’s been a while since I’ve cleaned them out because I stumbled on a book-on-CD in it’s...
View ArticleAnother year, another pack test
Another year, another pack test, another 3 miles in 45 minutes wearing 45 pounds. (The pack test is the fitness test wildland firefighters have to pass each year as part of their qualifications to...
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