Blog – Traipsing About

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Portrait Drawing Challenge Takeaways

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February 3, 2022

Amy Beach, one of the first well-known female composers from…

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Boosting Your Foreign Language Learning with Anki

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January 25, 2022

Bike touring near Seville and wishing I spoke better Spanish. This…

Tom Jobim portrait

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January Portrait Challenge, Week 2

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January 20, 2022

My January portrait challenge continues! I know it was tough…

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Rediscovering the right side of my brain

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January 19, 2022

As part of my quest to not only draw stick figures forever,…

Yann Tiersen portrait

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January Portrait Challenge, Days 1-11

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January 12, 2022

I suck at portrait drawing for two main reasons: 1) it's…

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Laughing with troublesome friends

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January 9, 2022

Austin Kleon shared this 2-min video of Desmond Tutu and…

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Forget goal setting, invest in skills

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January 6, 2022

Goal: Bikepacking the Colorado Trail. Skills to do it? Acquired…

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A year of T. Rex drawings

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December 29, 2021

T. Rexes like to focus on the middle section of the tree. Here…

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The power of sharing your thoughts online

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December 15, 2021

Have you ever considered sharing your thoughts publicly via…

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Here's to the amateurs

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November 3, 2021

Early drawing efforts in an old notebook my mom gave me. In…

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Installing a DIY Gray Water System Under My Sprinter Van

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October 6, 2021

For years, our Sprinter van’s “gray water system”…

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Bikepacking Magic on the Colorado Trail

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September 16, 2021

The Colorado Trail is the big leagues of bikepacking. Get…

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