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Skiing Adventures
(Occasionally someone will tell me about an eventful day they’ve had and say, “You should have been there so you could write about it.” In this case it was my sisters, Shana and Bekah, telling me so I consented. It’s rather nice to be able to write about something without having to go through the…
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The Hike
Our family spent Christmas, 2023 in Phoenix had a fantastic time in general. In Phoenix there’s a mountain we always hike. It used to be called Squaw Peak but the city changed it because they realized the person that named it clearly held hate in their heart for squaws to name a hiking mountain after them. It now goes by…
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Childhood Chaos
Growing up, we lived a few miles from Uncle Marion’s and we rarely spent the evening without them. We didn’t have a set tradition of how we spent every night together. Our hobbies changed regularly, usually coming to an abrupt end with broken windows, bones, or relationships. It would take days to detail everything we…
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A Life in Flight
The name’s Vexing- Vexing Fly. I hail from Gold Creek, MT and will continue to live out my days in this beautiful place. I was born on September 29, 2023 and have lived to the age of 10(days). In my childhood and youth I spent most of my time outdoors, eating trash, feces and other…
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Summer of the Chickens
One of my jobs as a child was taking care of the various animals that accumulated at our place. One species in particular stands out in my mind. A lady we’ll call Karen had somehow gotten ahold of Mom’s number. She would text an average of thrice a week with some kind of request: “Could…




