Reflections from the Year The next four weeks are going to be pretty packed, and then I will be starting medical school. Considering...

On Thursday of this week, I got home particularly exhausted. I sent a long voice memo to a friend. It very accurately describes the...

A third and final trip to Sedona and the Grand Canyon forced me to come to terms with the reality of leaving Tucson. A group of friends...

In the past two weeks I have traveled more than I have worked. Memorial day weekend I flew to Virginia to attend a wedding of 2 of my...

This past week we have seen record high numbers of over one thousand people passing through our doors in a single day and eerily slow...

Title 42 is set to lift (for real this time) at 9pm this evening, and since I am sitting. at home today sick on the couch I thought I...

After one particular challenging day this past week I took to writing as a way of making sense of the day. I choose to write a list of...

This past week we spent time with the MVSers from San Francisco, Alamosa, and Chicago. We spent most of our time together at Camp...

Little Stories from work the past two weeks: As the COVID point person, I am constantly coming across moral conundrums. Usually when a...

"Architecture is key," I remember a Residence Director saying to me in college. We were talking about how the physical space that we are...

The weather is warming, the flowers are blooming, and I am perplexed why I thought I would not be able to see the seasons changing in the...

A friend noted recently, "you really like to hike." Yes, yes I do. It makes me feel alive. Like a child, jumping around on rocks,...

There are two worldviews that govern my line of thinking. The first is a western scientific perspective. A curiosity to understand...

The week started off with an intense day at Casa Alitas. Some days as the COVID point person I do a poor job at asking for help. There is...

Sunday evening I finished writing a long heavy blog post about the border, world views, and cognitive dissonance, but just as I made my...

When I was interviewing at PNWU I was surprised by how many things felt right. Located in a state I have always seen myself living one...

Work Updates: Not much has changed at work, so I only have a few things of note to share. Arrivals are still quite low and no one seems...

Time feels different after turn of the year. The February things that felt far away are now only a few weeks away. And although I still...

by Ken R Landis (my father) I have worked on ladders many times over the years and many times climbed far beyond the safe point reaching...

This week I felt governed by the weather. The welcome center is partially outside, with courtyards throughout the space where we do...