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☽ life in the eastern Sierras 🌄
🜃 deep feeling low desert creature 🏜️
𖥔 photographer @kykhalil.co 📸
ᝰ on a sort of mission, quest, thing🔮⋆⭒˚.⋆

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just a chronically dehydrated critter with a camera (and a literature degree I still use while photographing elopements, a film habit since 2003, and a strong opinion that the The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers extended edition (obviously) is the greatest film ever made)

(feel free to argue about that in the comments)

(let this serve as a PSA that I am actively looking for couples who want a LOTR themed wedding or elopement)

Where my people at? Say hi 👇🏼

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it’s never enough time. if you’re lucky enough to still have them around, go cuddle your soul dog for me ❤️‍🩹🐾

#souldog #seniordog #alldogsgotoheaven #dogsofinstagram #dogphotography

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I recently walked a hundred miles through France, Italy, and Switzerland around Mont Blanc with my dad. It’s rare and precious to get this much quality time with a parent as an adult, and as a parent myself. I would be so lucky to have this kind of experience with my girls when they’re my age and I’ll never forget how lucky I am to have a parent who was willing, able, and available to do this with me.

I knew the Tour du Mont Blanc would be good, but it somehow managed to blow past every single expectation I had, and it surprised me in ways I could never have expected. Not only because I needed a really long walk after the last few years, but because on that walk I got to meet people I never thought I would, and got to welcome back parts of myself I thought I’d never see again. All in a setting with the kind of beauty that really earns the word breathtaking.

I walked all one hundred miles with the big camera in hand or holstered on my shoulder. I knew I’d have to do that, because the second the rig goes in the backpack, it’s too easy to settle for the low hanging fruit quickly captured with an iPhone in hand. As a result, I ended up with hundreds of juicy frames immortalizing the wild drama and pure cinema of the Alps. The sore shoulder was a small price to pay for all the joy of turning a hundred miles of walking and memories into something I can hold onto.

I’ll be sharing the moments I carried home from the Alps over the next few weeks. This is only the beginning <3

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hit the jackpot this year. This is my success story :) thanks for sticking around while I took the biggest breathe of fresh air. Ilysb

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In my author era.

Currently 72,000 / 80,000 words into the manuscript for my memoir, "Boldly Live."

📷: @kcyasso

#portrait #portraitofme #author #authorera #chrisbrinleejr

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There’s only 9 of these crewnecks left!! I won’t be ordering more of this colorway.. soo, ya know, get one while you can😘 Shots from a moody wintry photoshoot in Red Rock by the talented📸 @kcyasso

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A dendritic agate bolo tie.. on the smaller side of bolos in my current inventory, which is perfect for casual OR more dressed-up occasions🤌🏼 This stone got its name from the greek word dendrites meaning “tree-like” from the black branch inclusions in the stone. It’s been known to promote stability and growth, also very fitting when thinking of trees/roots/branches🌳✨ #dendriticagate #dendriticagatejewelry #agatebolotie #handmadebolotie

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I loved. I lost. In every way that mattered, I laid it all on the line. I stood tall for what was right, moral, and just. Quieted my ego so that I could trust—embracing outcomes that exist beyond my control.

I danced. I cried. I mourned. I danced some more. Witnessed innumerable brilliant sunrises and magnificent sets by myself and in the company of loved ones.

I accomplished what just a few years ago would have seemed for me, an insurmountable mountain feat—skiing solo across my favorite range.

I ran across the Dolomites. Guided clients in Nepal. Rode a motorcycle through Vietnam. Discovered the magic of wild black ice in southwest Colorado. Dived down to unfathomable depths in the Philippines—on a single breath of air. Finally made it to Japan.

I deepened my relationships with family—both biological and chosen. Showed up as a good friend whenever I could.

Taught people how to climb ice, how to ski. I faced fear on the sharp end of a rope, and kept it together when catastrophic failure felt imminent. Sent my hardest routes to date.

I blew oxygen into the faltering flames of my passion for photography—and captured some of my favorite images ever. I got my proudest writing published in the very best print magazine.

I read books that torched the facade of normalcy, revealing the depravity of orchestrated inequity—and with that newfound knowledge, deepened my own empathy and resolve.

I searched my soul and asked difficult questions about purpose. Reconciled with necessary changes in direction. Cut off my hair. Began taking the first steps along a new path—embracing the uncertainty that characterizes such endeavors.

Ultimately, I lived. 35 was one of the hardest years of my life, but it was also the best. Grateful to be human. I don't know what 36 will hold, but I will keep growing. Living the best ways that I can.

#35 #36 #livingwell

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Michigan Native Copper always SHOWING OFF✨❤️‍🔥 in this lighting and against that sandstone. Yum. Delish. Approve👏🏼🤌🏼 #michigannativecopper #nativecopper #nativecopperjewelry #handcraftedjewelry

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Gathered with a Coven ‘round a {Utah desert}
What an absolute honor it was to be surrounded by such loving, intentional & genuine women. I can’t even accurately describe how at peace I felt driving down red sandstone backroads with yall.
Girlhood is magic. ✨🤍

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fuck it if I can’t have us
- Taylor and the coven
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this weekend healed a part of me I didn’t even know needed to be healed. I love you all immensely and I’m grateful I got to experience this weekend with each of you #moab #thecoven #abhbuddies

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Shoot content.. but make it sexy🔥 Is what @kcyasso did when she shot this cuff… Swipe for an upclose😻 Lovvvve this chunk of roysten turquoise🤤 Cuff available on my website🤘🏼

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