UberPest's Journal

UberPest's Journal Looking at life from the back of the pack.

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Dogs / Hiking

Ottawa Sands

This summer I worked for the local county parks system doing various things along the west Michigan lakeshore. The county stumbled into an opportunity to purchase a section of land that will make a...

Personal

I still have stories to tell

I wanted to tell this story at The Moth in Detroit but, given my current financial situation with the seasonal job and uncertainty for employment after, I couldn’t justify the gas to get there...

Kintsugi pottery/Wikipedia

Misc

Piecing things back together

My oldest brother recently told me about Kintsugi, the Japanese method of fixing broken pottery with gold. The method celebrates the item’s history by emphasizing the cracks and breaks instead of hiding them. Sometimes...

Personal

Changes

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently,...

Dogs / Personal

As long as we remember him.

There once was a little puppy.   And he liked peanuts.   And playing with his brothers and sisters.   And he was happy.   And silly. And polite.   He loved life.  ...

Misc

Is this thing on?

Yep. Life steamrolled me. Again. So, here’s a scattered dump to bring you up to speed. Let’s see.   How long has it been? Two years… ugh…. Dogs. So much with the dogs. New...

Misc

Presentation: Bicycling Pittsburgh to D.C.

Coming up tomorrow night (February 5, 2015/7:00-9:00 pm) at True Heights Equipment Outfitters near Dayton is a free presentation via the Dayton Backpacker’s Campfire. Bicycling Pittsburgh to D.C. From the event description: Presenters: Mike and...