Field Notes

rants. raves. ruminations.
photos. philosophies. films.
poems. plagiarisms. parodies.
stories. soliloquies. solitude.
words. witticisms. wonderment.

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March
2023

March 25, 2023

Life Advice From A Professional Hitman

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One of my favorite movies of all time is Collateral. It stars Jaime Foxx and Tom Cruise. Foxx is Max, a mild-mannered cab driver in Los Angeles. Tom Cruise is Vincent, a professional hitman at the top of his game.

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February
2023

February 26, 2023

Time Passes By

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You’ve beat the odds and are alive on this spinning rock hurdling through space; congrats! You’ve made it, but now what? Time passes regardless of what we do with it. Whether we are wildly dedicated to making the most of

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February
2023

February 22, 2023

Jumping Cliffs > Looking Down

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This morning I re-read a few Journal entries Cole wrote back in 2020. (Read them here, and here.) This was the second or third time I read them. They’re good. Cole is a thoughtful man, two parts poet, two parts

21

February
2023

February 21, 2023

The continual accumulation of minor improvements

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In 2014 we flew to Portland, Oregon, rented a car, and headed south to Eugene. We met with Cameron Hanes to film a promotional piece for Plano there. Like many before us, and so many since, we followed Cam running

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October
2022

October 2, 2022

Right Now Is All There Is

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‘m sitting above a deep canyon with my eyes buried in glass. I’m panning left and right, while Josh and Ricky are panning right and left. We’re looking for fuzzy antlered mule deer. Josh has a tag and his bow.

05

June
2020

June 5, 2020

This Canvas Tent

This Canvas Tent
  All I need can be found in this canvas tent. It has every basic necessity that I need to survive, coupled with a few somewhat modern conveniences. I have far too many worldly possessions and I am aware of

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April
2020

April 29, 2020

Would They Be Disappointed?

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While aimlessly wandering the juniper flats of Northern Arizona in search of shed elk antlers every spring, I often stumble across arrowheads abandoned in the shifting soils. It seems that I find one every time I head out. These lost

31

October
2018

October 31, 2018

Tribe. Meat. Movement.

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Because we put ourselves and what we do out into the public, we draw criticism from people who don’t hunt, primarily on YouTube and to some degree on Instagram, and especially on the video of Chase’s bear hunt on Kodiak