Family
My wife has no equal and my three boys fill my life with love, purpose, and joy.
Nature
Growing up on a farm in the middle-of-nowhere South Dakota meant that I learned how to live in a world surrounded by nature.
In my early 20’s I traveled all over America to climb and backpack in some of the most beautiful environments that I could imagine.
With the arrival of my children I’ve come to appreciate our local ecology and our daily adventures into the wild. Nothing in this world makes me happier than hanging with my three boys outdoors.
I now run a foraging blog and YouTube channel that covers edible foods across the Midwest:
Mycology
Hunting mushrooms is a bit of an obsession. I’m not sure what I enjoy more; finding a new mushroom or hearing my youngest yell “DADOO!” as he points at a mushroom I missed. (See my favorite mushroom stuff.)
In 2024 I helped start the South Dakota Fungi Assocation, check us out if you are looking for mycology friends!
Reading
There isn’t enough time in the world to read all of the non-fiction books on my reading list! I especially enjoy subjects on anthropology, health, futurology, and human behavior.
“I cannot remember the books I have read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so they have made me.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“…anyone who thinks one book has all the answers hasn’t read enough books.” ~Brian K Vaughan
Cycling
No other hobby has stuck with me so intensely as cycling. I’ve lived car free, ridden in every imaginable weather, worked at a bike shop, raced road and cyclocross, enjoyed many road group rides and mtb friends, toured, bikepacked, custom built all of my own bicycles, AND taught my sons how to shred.
Art
From pictures of booger faces to poems about turtles, art is anything I want it to be.
Fitness
With the arrival of my first son I realized I could no longer rely on my youthful metabolism and active freedom to stay in shape. I became obsessed.
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