Silence Teaches: A Month Among Unmoving Peaks
I spent thirty-one days in a rented cabin at the base of the Dachstein massif last winter. No Wi-Fi. No television. Just me, a stack of books I never touched, and mountains that have stood for 200 mil…
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Permanence Teaches Better Than Ambition
I was twenty-three when I first stood at the base of the Dachstein, staring up at limestone walls that have been here for 200 million years. My head was full of five-year plans and career trajectories…
My Notebook Versus Sediment Layers
I've been flipping through my old notebooks lately. The ones with coffee stains on page 47 and that grocery list from 2019 bleeding through from the back cover. There's something oddly geologi…
Thoughts From a Valley That Doesn't Change
I've been sitting in the same café for three years now. Same wooden table by the window. Same view of the Dachstein rising above the valley floor, its limestone face catching the morning light the…