Ian’s Ramblings

A collection of random photos and stories from my life

Stories

• A Brief Retrospection on Covid
  I was reminded this week that it is more or less the four year anniversary of Covid. It’s a bit hard to believe that it’s already been that long. Like most of us time has very much been… Read More
• Learning to Crawl
  It’s been a fairly mild winter here in Custer, just like the rest of the Midwest. Because of that I’ve been able to spend a bunch of time outside hiking and climbing this winter. While 50 degree days… Read More
• Playing in the Sand
  A week in Indian Creek In November Kirsten and I loaded up the tacoma and drove south-west to the Utah desert. The plan was hopefully meet up with some friends, and hopefully climb some desert cracks. Luckily for… Read More
• Summer in retrospect
  I’m writing this post after Thanksgiving so it’s safe to say that summer is almost over. We had a great summer out here in Custer. I was slowly recovering from my knee surgery, doing a little bit of… Read More
• A bike ride, and a podcast
  Sometime during college I got into biking. It started as a means to end – I could ride my bike to class. I got by for a while with second hand bikes I pulled out of my parents… Read More
• Summer Time and Stinky Feet
  Summer is here in the hills and we’ve been busy spending time outside, spending time with friends and everything else that keeps summers so busy. We recently celebrated both our birthdays with a dinner at Skogen. Kirsten got… Read More
• Spring has Sprung
  Earlier this week Kirsten got our garden started. Taco was helping too, and the two of them got some peas, watermelon radishes and arugula planted. Fingers crossed they’re able to survive the chilly May nights up here in… Read More
• Meniscus Tear Part 3
  In early February I managed to tear my right meniscus for a second time. I was out bouldering in Custer with friends, and partway up a climb I felt my knee pop while moving to stand up on… Read More
• Greece!
  Winter 2023 Kirsten and I went on a climbing trip to Greece with some friends in January 2023. We had just over two weeks for the whole trip, and we spent a few days in Athens before driving… Read More
• ReadMe
  Welcome to Snogar.net, I’m glad you’re here. If you don’t know yet the author here (me typing this right now) is Ian MacDonald. This site is going to serve as part personal website, part blog, part journal where… Read More