04/27/2026
Hey all, a little life update. You haven't heard much from me lately and I don't mind going into why. Many of you know my story about how I lost my mom, brother, and dad all pretty close to each other in some pretty terrible ways. Well, that stuff can leave some deep rooted after effects.
TANS and all of you mean the world to me. But it wasn't long after things got rolling full time and we got a couple hundred followers that I realized I bit off way more than I had the spoons to do. I tried to pivot to more of a community thing where anyone could post where they wanted to go birding and make an event but it didn't really catch on. That's totally fine. I really enjoy rallying the community together and leading walks. But I just didn't have the juice to keep doing it on my own.
This is all to say I'm starting a new kind of therapy for PTSD this week with the goal of recovering my drive to get out there in the world.
Birding for me is almost religious. It's healing, it's inspiring, it's motivating. I do it because I'm struggling with the way the world is, just like I know many of you are. It's the antidote to all the hate you see every day.
I didn't realize that organizing everything puts you face to face with all that bad stuff surprisingly regularly.
So long story short, I got out finally this morning. 51 species at New Lake in Lewisburg, solitary sandpiper attached.
So hopefully this new direction of working with my head will empower me to pick up the reins more directly again. But until then, PLEASE email me at [email protected] if you want me to make a public event. Even if it's just you going to your favorite park on a Wednesday morning. Let me know and I'll blast it out. This community is too cool to let be dormant.
