Category: just words
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A Weekend in the Studio
About a week ago I had surgery on my nose and it hasn’t been particularly fun. I’m still in the “take it easy” phase and am not supposed to do any strenuous exercise or lifting until, I think next weekend. So this weekend, home alone, I’ve been diligently working on various side and personal projects.…
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Peak Goals 2025
Black Peak, North Cascades. 2017
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Ins & Outs 2025
Boy, this last year was a real fuckin’ churn. Trying to make sense of all that swirled around us can bring on the most piercing of migraines–yet here we are. Looking over our shoulders while blindly anticipating the next few steps. Despite the shitshow that the world continuously reveals itself to be, life around here…
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Hiding Things from Oneself
One of my “ten essentials” when heading out into the backcountry is my Garmin inReach Mini 2. It’s been an incredibly useful tool for getting texts out to my partner (or whomever) when completely out of cell service, which tends to be quite frequent ’round these parts. Aside from the convenience of friendly texts, it…
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Web Overhaul
Blogging is dead. Long live the blog. I’m no longer taking freelance work* so there was no real need to keep a professional site going for design stuff. If you arrived here via https://mackey.design you’ve got the correct online presence. This is the new manifest—an untidy home to anything I deem worthy of the time…