If you've made it here, you already know the credentials. This page is the other stuff: the parts that don't fit on a page but probably matter just as much.
There's a version of me that exists entirely outside, fishing at dawn, hunting in the quiet of the early season, moving through country that doesn't care what's on your CV. I find something genuinely restorative about it. The patience, the attention, the absence of a screen.
It's also where some of my clearest thinking happens. Hard to explain, but easy to recommend.
Go to the woods and get their good tidings.— John Muir
I played catcher through high school, a position that's less about power and more about seeing the whole field. You're calling pitches, reading batters, managing tempo. It's one of the more cerebral spots on the diamond, and I liked that about it.
There's something about standing behind the plate that teaches you how to observe before you react. A habit I haven't quite shaken.
I've been known to plan an evening around hitting three or four restaurants: not because I can't commit, but because I'd rather taste three different things done really well than one thing done okay. An appetizer here, a pasta there, a dessert somewhere completely different.
It's less about the food and more about the experience of a room, a kitchen's point of view, the way a table is set. Details tell you a lot.
Be humble and kind.— Tim McGraw
Everything I do is built on a foundation I didn't build myself. Here are the people who did.
Unconditional support, honest feedback when I needed it, and the kind of quiet encouragement that never asks for credit. Everything starts here.
She cooks the best meals I've ever had, full stop, and slips in a line of wisdom somewhere between the first course and the last. You don't always see it coming.
We play games, talk about life, and call each other out in the way only brothers can. The kind of person you want in your corner and across the table from you.