🏔 Notes from the Mountain

Little Things • Notes from the Mountain No. 18

A tiny rock left me with a cracked windshield and weeks of waiting for a replacement. But an unexpected email from a customer reminded me that small things don't just have the power to ruin a day, ...

Some Things are Meant to be Shared • Notes from the Mountain

What started as a loaf of sourdough bread turned into a reminder that some of the best traditions are passed from one person to another. From my younger brother teaching me to bake bread to the cen...

I Found an Old Box of Soap • Notes from the Mountain

A canceled trip led to an afternoon in the workshop and an unexpected discovery. Finding some of my very first bars of soap reminded me that while the recipe may not have changed much over the year...

Why I Like Starting in the Dark • Notes from the Mountain

Colorado's 14,000-foot peak climbs always begin in the dark. On one unforgettable climb up Missouri Mountain, I realized there may be a good reason for that.

The Rabbits Almost Won • Notes from the Mountain

The rabbits had every reason to believe they'd won. They underestimated one very important thing.

Sometimes You Just Have to Look Up • Notes from the Mountain

Sometimes the most interesting things aren't far away at all. We just forget to look up.

Milestones Have a Way of Making Us Pause • Notes from the Mountain

Every birthday comes with another candle. Milestone birthdays come with something else...a reason to look back, appreciate the journey, and think about the adventures still waiting ahead.

Notes from the Mountain - Issue No. 11

For twelve days, almost everything around me felt unfamiliar. Not just the obvious things. The plants. The color of the soil. The smell after the sun came up. The way people made use of what the l...

Notes from the Mountain - Issue No. 10

There are a lot of decisions that go into making soap that customers never see. One of them is ingredient selection, specifically olive oil. When I first started making soap, olive oil was one of t...

The Goats Might Be Onto Something • Notes from the Mountain

The goats never seem to be in a hurry. Somewhere between making soap and chasing deadlines, I started wondering if they might have life figured out better than the rest of us.