Tag Archives: PCT

Kaleidoscope of life and death on the PCT

Posted on September 21, 2019 by pinklightsabre

On the fourth day we rested only a couple hours from the last camp, still in the burn area. It was already getting hot by mid morning and I got there before Brad, eager to secure a camp. There was … Continue reading →

Posted in death, writing | Tagged death, hiking, Memoir, pacific northwest, PCT, writing | 13 Comments

Self portrait under August sky

Posted on August 16, 2019 by pinklightsabre

It is a Thursday night with live music at nearby Pine Lake we can hear from our house. It is also a full moon, the night before we leave for Alaska, the coffee maker set for 3. I’ve shaved my … Continue reading →

Posted in humor, Memoir, writing | Tagged creative nonfiction, humor, journal writing, mid-life crisis, pacific northwest, PCT, short form, William Pearse writer | 13 Comments

The Charm of Making | Field notes from the Pacific coast

Posted on June 30, 2017 by pinklightsabre

This is a series of posts I started in late May and plan to continue for 40 days, with a goal of hitting 50,000 words by July 5 (#34 post). It’s inspired by a three-day solo trek on the Washington … Continue reading →

Posted in death, identity, Memoir, writing | Tagged dream interpretations, Excalibur, field notes from the pacific coast, Grateful Dead, hiking, identity, Memoir, metaphor, mid-life crisis, pacific northwest, PCT, William Pearse writer, work life balance | 17 Comments

Field notes from the Pacific coast | The influence of the tides on the streams

Posted on June 2, 2017 by pinklightsabre

This is a series of posts I started in late May and plan to continue for 40 days, with a goal of hitting 50,000 words by July 5. It’s inspired by a three-day solo trek on the Washington coast, with … Continue reading →

Posted in hiking, humor, identity, Memoir, writing | Tagged aging, field notes from the pacific coast, identity, mid-life crisis, Mountaineering, Oil City hike, Pacific Northwest hiking, PCT, postaday, Seattle Mountaineers, William Pearse writer | 15 Comments

As several disturbances head our way

Posted on September 1, 2016 by pinklightsabre

I looked up and my family was gone, lost in the folds of Powell’s bookstore, Portland, the litmosphere they call it, and I wandered the displays sniffing cakes of handmade soaps, glassware designed for gluten-free beer, branded. All the Portlanders … Continue reading →

Posted in humor, travel, writing | Tagged angels share, creative nonfiction, disassociation, drinking, Hemingway, hippies, humor, litmosphere, Memoir, mid-life crisis, parenting, PCT, Portland, Timberline Lodge, William Pearse writer | 46 Comments

The last ice episode

Posted on August 28, 2016 by pinklightsabre

This is the last in a series of posts I wrote from a recent backpacking trip on the PCT in Washington. Thanks for all my friends and readers for following along, go back to the beginning if you’d like to read … Continue reading →

Posted in Course Navigation, death, hiking, inspiration, musings, travel | Tagged creative nonfiction, death, existentialism, Fred Beckey, Memoir, Mountaineering, North Cascades, pacific northwest, PCT, William Pearse writer | 28 Comments

The Pacific High and Aleutian Low

Posted on August 27, 2016 by pinklightsabre

These posts are from a recent backpacking trip I made on the PCT with my dear friend Brad Shaffer. The post titles are taken from the great climber Fred Beckey from his Cascade Alpine Guide which I have no business owning. … Continue reading →

Posted in death, hiking, travel | Tagged creative nonfiction, Fred Beckey, Memoir, Mountaineering, North Cascades, pacific northwest, PCT, Stehekin, William Pearse writer | 14 Comments