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February 24, 2014 Olympic Peninsula-You just accomplished one of your dreams, exploring the temperate rainforest of the United States.


That job that just disbanded a few days before this picture was taken, will hire you a total of 5 more times. When the project became militarized, you found the moral ground to leave for good. 


In five months you will have an answer for the persistent pain in your abdomen. You’ll be diagnosed with Crohn’s and you’ll whither down to 85 pounds. You’ll have Surgery in February 2020 to remove the scar tissue blockage.


Some of those terrible skin issues you’ll learn are tied to Crohn’s but you won’t put as much weight on society’s standards of perfection.


Men still prefer to attempt to have control over intimacy or joy with you, but you’ll learn how to handle those men and their forced ideals with strength and grace.


The suicidal depression you had for 5 years will leave in a couple months with Seattle making a new path. The weight of it may return occasionally around your cycle but you know the difference.


You truly went on adventures.

You had a near death experience almost flying off a mountain in Chile in a ten day backpacking trip with Amanda on a limited diet of horse jerky, burnt instant rice, nuts and dates.

You took a 2 week motorcycle trip with your Dad through British Columbia through historic wind storms, forest fires, mountain lions, logging roads, and freezing rain.

You traveled to Kyoto & Tokyo with Claire seeing thousand year old temples, even one moss temple.

You photographed 40 Middletown women in Autumn of 2017. One of which will become one of your friends of action and you’ll witness and document her baby born unassisted at home.


After moving 6 times between New York, Seattle, Oregon, and Colorado you’ll build a resting place with Dad, with all the lumber made by himself and supplied by your back woods.


We have an incredible community of friends and two perfect cats. We have more agency in our lives now but ya sure did your 20’s right. - Feb 2023


Letter for Serena’s Nature Art Exhibition in Poughkeepsie NY at Reason and Ruckus


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