HeyJaredTo The Deep
Explorations on the human experience, diving past fear into the deep waters of our inner landscapes, leadership, and love.
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Welcome to the best season (opens the original)
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It is no secret, my favorite seasons are transitions. Ranked, my favorite is summer to autumn, winter to spring, spring to summer, and then fall to winter. The only reason fall to winter is my last is because I have seasonal affective disorder and I know with the dark outside comes an equal internal darkness. I mitigate for it as much as I can, but each year is different and sometimes my version of SAD vaccine misses the mark just a little to the left. Prepping for the season, I thought I’d do a
What do I... (opens the original)
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Words. This week has been ridiculous. I looked at Randy, my partner, and asked him to grab me something off…off…and then charades started. I pantomimed with my hands as I said, “you know, the thing, the square thing that holds things. it has all the stuff we are taking on vacation.”“Table?” he asked.“YES!” That’s it! I can blame it on many things, getting ready for a two week vacation, perimenopause, or age. But really, it is a too full brain of all the things I continue to cache and forget to w
When the Dam fails (opens the original)
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I watched David Muir’s American Wonder segment about the Grand Canyon and how the Colorado river is getting fully used up in a time when there is less of it because of climate change. The wardens of the canyon, the Havasupai, are the only people living in the Grand Canyon and are accessible by hiking, donkey, or helicopter. Eleven other tribal nations live around the canyon and are active collaborators as the Havasupai protect and conserve their ancestral waters. From Uranium mining to the dried
Two minute touch (opens the original)
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“You brush too hard.”Apparently toothbrush bristles aren’t supposed to splay to the sides after a few days of brushing teeth. “You need to use a soft brush.”Apparently brushing teeth shouldn’t feel like razor blades across gum tissue.“Two minutes is the benchmark.”Apparently it isn’t a multi-tasking race to just-get-it-done.“Try an electric toothbrush.”Apparently brushing vigorously with an electric toothbrush isn’t best practice. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-
When the words dam up (opens the original)
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It’s all there, a lifetime of living, just at the back of my throat. It lingers and lurches here and there tickling the uvula and teetering on releasing the flow of letters tumbling over each other to land in shaky words.I am. To The Deep is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input cl
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