Adventures
Things I’ve done
In 2019, I did my first-ever bike-packing trip … through Slocan Valley, up to New Denver and Nakusp, and back through the valley
I summited Highwood Pass ... twice … in one ride (113km, 1700m elevation)
I rode the Bow Valley Parkway for a free t-shirt and a pint of beer (125km, 985m elevation)
I rode the KVR from Myra Canyon to Penticton in 2023 (and 2019)
I rode river-valley singletrack trails in Edmonton and broke my saddle, but I got better with practice
In 2021, I did a “Cranksgiving” ride from Edmonton to Fort Saskatchewan and back
The next summer, I did a LONGER version of the ride to Fort Saskatchewan … in the rain
In summer 2021, I spent 9 weeks learning to run 5K
I ran my first-ever 5K in the snow in Edmonton
In spring 2022, I (finally) ran a 5K in under 30 minutes
My fastest 5K
I produced/played on a love song trilogy and some guitar tracks with RUB (Royal Unruh Band)
I did an over-the-top radio interview about the Hockey Night in Canada theme song I submitted for a national competition.
What I’m reading
Brené Brown, Dare to Lead
Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome
Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Diane Heller, The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships
Lee Irwin, Awakening to Spirit: On Life, Illumination, and Being
Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Charles Marohn, Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town
Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
Gabor Maté, When the Body Says No
Brian McLaren, Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It
Barbara Nolan, A Year of Pagan Prayer: A Sourcebook of Poems, Hymns, and Invocations from Four Thousand Years of Pagan History
Yung Pueblo, Clarity & Connection
Yung Pueblo, Inward
Tim Read & Maria Papaspyrou (eds.), Psychedelics & Psychotherapy: The Healing Potential of Expanded States
Jesse Sternberg, Enlightened Dog Training
Richard Wagamese, Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations
Richard Wagamese, Medicine Walk
G.S. Youngblood, The Masculine in Relationship
My workout playlist
Adina Howard, Freak Like Me (Do You Wanna Ride?)
Amanda Shires, Bad Behaviour (Take It Like a Man)
Arkells, One Thing I Know (Blink Once)
Arkells, Relentless (Rally Cry)
Arkells and K. Flay, You Can Get It
Barenaked Ladies, Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Kick at the Darkness)
Beyonce, Rocket (BEYONCÉ)
Blue Rodeo, Hasn’t Hit Me Yet (Five Days in July)
Blue Rodeo, Lost Together (Lost Together)
Blue Rodeo, The Opening Act (Many a Mile)
The Blue Stones, The Hard Part (Black Holes)
The Blue Stones, L.A. Afterlife (Hidden Gems)
The Blue Stones, One by One (Hidden Gems)
Bon Iver, Blood Bank (Blood Bank EP)
City and Colour, Bow Down to Love (The Love Still Held Me Near)
City and Colour, Difficult Love (A Pill for Loneliness)
City and Colour, Fragile Bird (Little Hell)
City and Colour, Little Hell (Little Hell)
City and Colour, Lover Come Back (If I Should Go Before You)
City and Colour, Sleeping Sickness (Bring Me Your Love)
City and Colour, Two Coins (The Hurry and the Harm)
City and Colour, Underground (The Love Still Held Me Near)
Cowboy Mouth, Jenny Says (Live at the Zoo)
Cowboy Mouth, I Believe (Fearless)
Cowboy Mouth, Running into You (Word of Mouth)
Cowboy. Mouth, Too Many Jennys (The Name of the Band Is)
Eminem, Lose Yourself (8 Mile Soundtrack)
Gang of Youths, The Angel of 8th Ave (Angel in Realtime)
Hollow Coves, Beauty in the Light (Moments)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Hope the High Road (Live from the Ryman)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, White Man’s World (Live from the Ryman)
Missy Elliot and Da Brat, Sock It 2 Me (Supa Dupa Fly)
Prince, Erotic City (Purple Rain)
The Sheepdogs, I’m Gonna Be Myself (Future Nostalgia)
Sheryl Crow, A Change Would Do You Good (Live from Central Park)
Steve Bell & Elessar Thiessen, Never Mind
Surfjan Stevens, Mystery of Love (Call Me by Your Name: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Wooden Sky, Glory Hallelujah (Swimming in Strange Waters)
The Wooden Sky, Something Hiding for Us in the Night (If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone)