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Three Saints Road is a place to express, to write and observe, to explore my own purpose and meaning. To find a place in the world, a place I want to share. Stay a while. Explore, comment, pass it on. Remember who you wanted to be.

You can generally find Jay somewhere west of the Rocky Mountains. Look first in the high deserts. He is an aspiring fly fisherman, mountain bike rider, and house-builder. He’s an old rugby player, a retired Army officer, and a part-time attorney. He loves being outside, traveling to places he’s never been, and trying to write things people like to read.

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Last day today of my second year helping the Defen

Last day today of my second year helping the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies with their month-long justice course. I start the month knowing it's going to meet my #2 filter - do things I think are going to make the world around me a better place - but I end the month realizing it also meets #1: do things with people I love and respect. What a great group of humans, and great representatives of their home countries and militaries. I know armed conflict around the world causes so much pain and strife, but know there are good people everywhere trying to do the right thing, the right way. (And thanks to @m4ttk3nt and @cornjag1 - we bring the best reps of our country too!)
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So many amazing things to see and do in New York C

So many amazing things to see and do in New York City. I get it. But how does no one tell me of this human who hand-coils a garden hose into a garbage can? This man should be properly celebrated. #rememberwhoyouwantedtobe

New micro non-fiction at Three Saints Road! Link i

New micro non-fiction at Three Saints Road! Link in bio, or go to ThreeSaintsRoad.com. Sign up for alerts for new posts.

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I'm just now learning concrete is magical. Maybe t

I'm just now learning concrete is magical. Maybe those commies were on to something. Probably not in the balance, but still. #threesaintsroad #rememberwhoyouwantedtobe

Three Saints Road waits for no government sign dep

Three Saints Road waits for no government sign department. #threesaintsroad #rememberwhoyouwantedtobe

I have so much shit to do, and then I remembered t

I have so much shit to do, and then I remembered this is one of them.

Also, I am outrageously susceptible to poison ivy. Like sit on a rock wearing shorts and it seeps through two layers of cloth and puts a dinner plate size worth of blisters on my ass susceptible. I now hike to the river in bubble wrap.

Pic #3: American wild mint. Delicious.
Pic #4: Western poison ivy. Death.

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Just hanging out, catching the last days of a Taos

Just hanging out, catching the last days of a Taos summer. #rememberwhoyouwantedtobe

Alright! My first non-fiction in print format, oth

Alright! My first non-fiction in print format, other than the sheets of 8.5 x 11 I periodically stick inside the folds of new Cormac McCarthy books at Barnes & Noble. JK!

Thank you @tahomareview for making me feel (almost) legit. I cried when I cracked open the box. But just a lil' bit.

Read in the original by purchasing at Tahoma Literary Review, on ThreeSaintsRoad (link in my bio), or one of the 45 copies currently on my kitchen table. Kidding! Just three, but one's for my ma, who thinks even my emails are amazing. #rememberwhoyouwantedtobe

TO CLARIFY... Though I'm grateful for some of you offering to buy my book, please know that this is one piece of nonfiction included with several other authors from around the world! But don't you worry - book in progress!

New city! Swam in the Black Sea, drank some beer,

New city! Swam in the Black Sea, drank some beer, walked my very insubstantial ass off. And Bulgarian volleyball is "schtoya", as the kids say. JK! They don't say that. I made up that word.

Also, I vomited about 15 minutes after I took that pic on the boat. Schtoya! #rememberwhoyouwantedtobe

New micro non-fiction at threesaintsroad.com - cop

New micro non-fiction at threesaintsroad.com - copy, paste, subscribe for more.

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Do I remember who I wanted to be? I do. Many thing

Do I remember who I wanted to be? I do. Many things. Sometimes fanciful (the president), sometimes fleeting (a zoologist), but almost always "writer". I don't think I'm there yet and hope, in my ways, I never do. But this is as exciting to me as anything: an essay in print. Thank you to @tahomareview for including my non-fiction essay "What Not To Do If You Find Yourself Having A Panic Attack" in their latest, and final, print edition. PDF or paperback available at https://tahomaliteraryreview.com.

I'll post on threesaintsroad.com soon. #rememberwhoyouwantedtobe

Taos appreciation week, or me pretending I'm not j

Taos appreciation week, or me pretending I'm not just showing off my biggest fish since I moved to New Mexico? You be the judge. #rememberwhoyouwantedtobe #taosskivalley #riograndeflyfishing #threesaintsroad

TSR update! The house is essentially done, except

TSR update! The house is essentially done, except for the army of red stickies I have all over the walls - things to do later. Or, to paraphrase Jack Johnson, probably never. I'm planning on landscaping as a 10-year project, but getting pretty damn close to at least keeping the dust down. Then I shall hunker down and turn this place into a monastery. You can visit, you just can't talk. JK! Kind of. #threesaintsroad #rememberwhoyouwantedtobe

Experimenting with some micro non-fiction - https

Experimenting with some micro non-fiction - https://threesaintsroad.com

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The bugs of Three Saints Road! There are mesmerizi

The bugs of Three Saints Road! There are mesmerizing creatures in the high desert. I only kill the flies and the termites. And the wind scorpion, who I smashed in my sleep. Sorry fella. #threesaintsroad #rememberwhoyouwantedtobe

1. Obscure darkling beetle
2. Wind scorpion
3. Dark rover ant (their wings fall off once they mate. Nature loves a metaphor).
4. Wolf spider (I think. This one is small. I had a wolf spider in my house in Charlottesville as big as a kitchen sponge. I know because it was on my kitchen sponge).
5. Agile ground mantis
6. Summer chafer (June bug! Yet here we are in August).
7. Gray silverfish
8. Yellow velvet ant
9. Vella fallax (ant lion, and good lord do I love this name. If it was my friend I would always use the first and last name. "Bill, meet Vella Fallax. Vella Fallax, Bill."
10. Western drywood termite (RIP).

Another enchanted state special: Ride your mountai

Another enchanted state special: Ride your mountain bike to an alpine lake and fly fish. Not sure East Fork Trail to Lost Lake is the best mountain bike ride in New Mexico, but I bet it's close.

Pro tip: Though you can complete this ride in your flip-flops, it is not recommended. Also, my "you look as smart as a bag of hammers" face is the same as my "you look absolutely gassed" face.
#rememberwhoyouwantedtobe #lostlakenewmexico

If they had a tougher brother they probably wouldn

If they had a tougher brother they probably wouldn't be so weak.#rememberwhoyouwantedtobe

@erinalexnv and @sarasunshine6 are absolute gamers

@erinalexnv and @sarasunshine6 are absolute gamers.

"Do you guys want to go on a mountain bike ride?"

"Like with no pavement?" Yes, like no pavement. Michele's first trail ride, Erin's first time on a bike that actually moves. Both dominated.

Also, Erin yesterday: "I'm steering like I'm drunk."
Erin today: "Is there a pro circuit I can join?" #rememberwhoyouwantedtobe

Tres Santos has survived so much, but dos hermanas

Tres Santos has survived so much, but dos hermanas are already effing shit up ("I don't need your stupid muscles" elder says to younger).

#threesaintsroad

May you all find a community as loving as this one

May you all find a community as loving as this one. Thank you @aulamfa, and a long list of new friends. @josiedwong @ruutdemeo @kenzyelmohandes @mikaelaryan (my ride (write!) or die), @stop___white, @smackincohen, @its_marissad, @michaelaemerson, @sleepygoby, @dianaehardy, @irvinakanarek, @blewellyntaylor!!!, @juliacb3, @grantcpoetry

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