Holy crap… how is 2022 already done and gone? I feel like it just started… but also that it’s been going on for a lifetime? I can’t imaging that I was in BCEP a short seven months ago…

It’s intense, and impressive, how time seems so variable. It’s not healthy, undoubtedly, as I’ve repeatedly heard people echoing the sentiment of trauma that “A day lasts forever… but a week is gone before you realize”. The constant influx of “once in a generation” disasters, events, and improbable or impossible happenings… It wears on you, you know?

So let’s forget all that tomfoolery, and focus on the one small slice of life I really understand. My own.

Here’s a list of all the archetype galleries that I have saved from this year, in chronological order… followed by a single gallery of my favorite photos I’ve taken:

• Hiking on the beach
• Cross country skiing at Elk Meadows
• Sunsets in Wilsonville
• Making babyback ribs
• Photos of a tree in Wilsonville
• Walking around Wilsonville
• An oyster dinner with coworkers (holy crap, this wasn’t even a year ago?!?!)
• Camping at Smith Rock
• Hiking up the White River Glacier
• Walking around POrtland
• Gardening
• Seeing a punk show in Portland
• Hiking up near Timberline Lodge
• Hiking and Stargazing near the coast (Wait, this was a year ago too??? I thought it was like… two years back!)
• Fog in Wilsonville
• BCEP! Hiking Story Burn
• Wandering around Portland
• BCEP! MMC Night
• BCEP! King’s Mountain
• BCEP! Horsethief Butte
• BCEP! Land Nav at Mt. Tabor
• BCEP! Hardy Ridge
• BCEP! Snow School
• Gardening, Pt. 2
• Spring is springing in Wilsonville
• Visiting Massachusetts – Rumney
• Visiting Massachusetts – Rising Phoenix
• Visiting Massachusetts – Flying, archery, and dinner
• BCEP! Graduation
• Hiking Elk Meadows again
• Backpacking the White River Glacier
• Skies and flowers
• Duffy Lake
• Exploring Seattle
• Backpacking Flapjack Lakes
• Summer in Wilsonville
• Alegria!
• Wandering and paddling around Wilsonville
• Elk Meadows on the 4th of July (Again with Elk Meadows? Jeeze, Ben!)
• Backpacking Foley Ridge
• Walking Izzy and Lando
• Climbing at Ozone
• Rise Against in Bend!
• Smith and Trout Creek
• Summitting Middle Sister
• August in Massachusetts – Allison’s wedding!
• August in Massachusetts – Hanging Mountain!
• Late night at Dove Lewis
• The GRE & GMAT!
• Octoberfest at Mount Angel
• Backpacking Elk Meadows (Okay, it’s getting silly now)
• Chasing zen in the desert
• Pretty fields and pretty views
• Backpacking Jade Lake
• Thanksgiving in Sacramento!
• Wisdom teeth, goodbye
• Portland art museum
• Elk Meadows and Timberline Lodge
• Indian Head beach
• Portland in the rain