Links and Rabbit Holes
This is a limited portfolio of sorts. Some sites, stories, and projects are simply no longer published and accessible. And I have only shared here examples of the types of activities I love the most.
Outdoor Project Stories
Fall: In love with no place in particular - An early autumn roadtrip adventure to Steens Mountain in SE Oregon.
Fishing With Frank - A personal narrative in support of legislation for the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary, which successfully now protects 100,000 acres in the Steamboat Creek Watershed.
Growing Up Inside A Douglas Fir - Summer camping plans with my kids included ascending into the forest canopy with Expedition Old Growth for the climb of a lifetime.
Asleep In The Arms Of Ancients - A birthday celebration and tree top slumber party in the heart of one of the most breathtaking and ecologically-immersive regions in the Pacific Northwest, Opal Creek Wilderness.
Travel Oregon
Meet The Neighbors - This was a creative campaign in partnership with Uncage the Soul Productions to promote lesser visited towns in the Mt. Hood and Columbia Gorge region.
Growing Up Inside A Douglas Fir - This story was originally published on Outdoor Project, and cross-published on Travel Oregon and other travel-oriented websites.
CHASING TOTALITY
A storytelling project for Oregon Public Broadcasting with Uncage the Soul Productions to capture Totality, the total eclipse that moved across Oregon in 2017. I was the backcountry camp manager for our production team for six nights below Three Fingered Jack in Central Oregon, and provided live social media content during the eclipse event. Watch the video here.
KATHMANDU KIDS
2018 - I built a website and created a successful fundraiser along with Uncage the Soul Productions for Himalaya Environmental & Cultural Awareness Center, a children's home in Kathmandu, Nepal. We successfully raised over a year’s worth of tuition and board for 13 orphaned children, and sent care packages for each child with school supplies and personal gifts from an elementary school in Scappoose, Oregon. The website is no longer active. The GoFund Me Campaign is still published.
Listen To Your Mother
2014 Live Storytelling Show at The Alberta Rose Theatre. Co-Director, Producer, Storyteller - “Underneath, we’re all naked.”
2015 Live Storytelling Show at The Alberta Rose Theatre. Co-Director, Producer, Storyteller - “Stay.”
Urbanmamas Podcast
Urbanmamas is no longer active and has since released the domain. The six podcast episodes are no longer available. Original press release here. A smattering of old social media posts are still out there.
Smoky sunrise silhouette during the 2017 eclipse near Three Fingered Jack. Fires were burning on both sides of us on Mount Jefferson, and near Sisters, Oregon. Photo by John Waller, Uncage the Soul.