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On freezing while climbing a majestic red oak named Willa
'It enriches your life. You learn something about trees and yourself.'
Jun 12
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Matt Crossman
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On freezing while climbing a majestic red oak named Willa
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That time I left a me-shaped divot after crashing my bike
Or success means nobody has to call your wife from the ER
Jun 5
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Matt Crossman
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That time I left a me-shaped divot after crashing my bike
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May 2025
Great job, honey! Please don't fall to your death!
Or when my daughters started to freak me out.
May 29
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Matt Crossman
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Great job, honey! Please don't fall to your death!
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Checking off a lifelong bucket list: Visit all 50 states
On traveling the country, eating gross stuff and almost freezing to death
May 22
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Matt Crossman
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Checking off a lifelong bucket list: Visit all 50 states
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A note to my daughter upon her graduation
Baby please don't go. But don't stay either.
May 15
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Matt Crossman
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Triathlon: What to do when the wheels come off. Literally.
Or a running diary of bad swimming, a worse phone call and imposter syndrome
May 8
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Matt Crossman
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Triathlon: What to do when the wheels come off. Literally.
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Dear Graduates: Eat pie for breakfast
Or: Live Well and Prosper (and Hopefully Long, But I Can’t Help You With That.)
May 1
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Matt Crossman
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April 2025
On finding river creatures so bizarre I think God was messing with us when he made them
Or my two days paddling the Meramec with my daughter and her friends
Apr 24
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Matt Crossman
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On finding river creatures so bizarre I think God was messing with us when he made them
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The Quest for Quiet
A three-day paddle on the (kinda, sorta, but not really) silent Niobrara River
Apr 17
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Matt Crossman
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The Quest for Quiet
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Stunned into reverence on epic adventures in Big Bend
Bikes! Ziplines! Horses! Coyotes! No Ax Murderers! And an unforgettable plane ride with an unforgettable pilot!
Apr 10
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Matt Crossman
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Stunned into reverence on epic adventures in Big Bend
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SO MANY GOLF CARTS
Or how I came to love the scourge of suburbia.
Apr 3
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Matt Crossman
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SO MANY GOLF CARTS
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March 2025
'The hurt's always greater than the happy'
The glory and agony of March Madness: What it's like to win -- and lose -- on a last-second shot
Mar 27
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Matt Crossman
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'The hurt's always greater than the happy'
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