All of my demons pay their visits in the dark. Hey guys! I made a plan, phew that feels good. During the day I am crushing it and my...

Listen up. I think you all behind the screen are carrying too much junk in your trunk. I mean really. I didn’t want to have to say it but...

For me. Stop asking what I think. I think non-stop. As not cool as this sounds. My thoughts are from everywhere. Might this mean it is...

Why wouldn’t a caterpillar go into the chrysalis stage? It is quiet, it is alone. Why wouldn’t the salmon swim upstream? It requires...

Writer’s Block. This is a cafe in Anchorage, Alaska. I haven’t been inspired lately to write, or type, or even read for that matter. If I...

At some point in life - a person’s mind might lose its way. I suppose I can only really speak from this personal human experience…...

Or in pots... I river guide; I am making that current because I want to be there again on the river of lessons learned. I share this...

It is summer of 2023, I turned down commercial fishing as my gut told me to stay put and accept a position with migrant education as a...

:creation of heat before an event / coined by Professor Tim Noakes Lewis Pugh, an endurance swimmer most notably in sub-zero waters, got...

It is 2am and I pulled out my tools from the mental “kit” in an attempt to fall back asleep. I quit. I walk to the kitchen and heat up...

I am amorphous morphing into the scene to not be seen. The Knight shields the shining Light as the armor refracts its energy. Tin man...

Mental Muscles In weight training I have learned that you are really not going to make breakthroughs until you are unable to perform the...

Round One Ali trying to make herself feel good: Blogs equal practice. Practice for when I am asked to write something for someone. Blogs...

You are Art, therefore, your Art is You. If you don’t believe in your Art, do you really believe in You? What if, just what if, you...

It is midnight. The dive is complete. My hair, frozen into two solid braided dreadlocks. My ears, filled with souvenir saltwater. My...

Running an all kids camp (we are talking an overnight camp so literally sunup to sundown). Exhausted with macaroni and cheese crusted to...

please listen. thank you artists. #seaempathy

Die to myself. Do not lie to myself. I am afraid; fear is the precursor to courage. Leaving a me daily, I grow familiar to death. When I...

I receive the support I need so I can focus my energy on my dharma. Recibo el apoyo que necesito para poder concentrar mi energía en mi...

Google Definition, “an object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to.” Ali’s rule of thumb… if it is a...