Field Notes

Depression Basics: 7 Signs

Paul Lieto

One purpose of this site is to educate and de-stigmatize depression and mental illness, not only for you the reader, but for myself. It may sound cliche, but Knowledge is...

Depression Basics: 7 Signs

Paul Lieto

One purpose of this site is to educate and de-stigmatize depression and mental illness, not only for you the reader, but for myself. It may sound cliche, but Knowledge is...

An Unconventional Path Of Movement And Growth

An Unconventional Path Of Movement And Growth

Paul Lieto

We tend to fight our impulses. Neither Susan nor I have felt particularly drawn to, or satisfied, living in one place. We each have lived in multiple locations over our...

An Unconventional Path Of Movement And Growth

Paul Lieto

We tend to fight our impulses. Neither Susan nor I have felt particularly drawn to, or satisfied, living in one place. We each have lived in multiple locations over our...

It's Not Suffering If You Have A Burrito

It's Not Suffering If You Have A Burrito

Susan Barrows

When I tell people I’m living in a van, or try to make it sound better by just mumbling that I’m “camping” or “hanging out” for a bit while attempting...

It's Not Suffering If You Have A Burrito

Susan Barrows

When I tell people I’m living in a van, or try to make it sound better by just mumbling that I’m “camping” or “hanging out” for a bit while attempting...

Bikepacking California: The Eastern Sierra

Bikepacking California: The Eastern Sierra

Paul Lieto

Susan and I recently embarked on our first bikepacking adventure. I've ridden a mountain bike for decades, and camped for longer than that, but I've yet to combine the two...

Bikepacking California: The Eastern Sierra

Paul Lieto

Susan and I recently embarked on our first bikepacking adventure. I've ridden a mountain bike for decades, and camped for longer than that, but I've yet to combine the two...

How To Bikepack Like An Amateur

How To Bikepack Like An Amateur

Susan Barrows

What could possibly be more wonderfully uncomfortable, more pleasantly basic and more fringe-of-society-ish than living in a 1993 van, often on the side of Hwy 6 with the semi trucks...

How To Bikepack Like An Amateur

Susan Barrows

What could possibly be more wonderfully uncomfortable, more pleasantly basic and more fringe-of-society-ish than living in a 1993 van, often on the side of Hwy 6 with the semi trucks...

365 Days of Dirty Good Living

365 Days of Dirty Good Living

Paul Lieto

This week marks twelve months of dirty good living. Twelve months attempting to live deliberately and with intention. Three-hundred and sixty-five days of prioritizing movement outside, wise consumption and cultivation...

365 Days of Dirty Good Living

Paul Lieto

This week marks twelve months of dirty good living. Twelve months attempting to live deliberately and with intention. Three-hundred and sixty-five days of prioritizing movement outside, wise consumption and cultivation...