I gave away one of my favorite possessions| tompendergast.substack.com
It's hard to maintain a tough-guy facade when you've collapsed to the floor| Out Over My Skis
No matter how many times I look under this rock, there's nothing there| Out Over My Skis
For six weeks every fall, the normally quiet Snohomish River Valley explodes into a ritualized celebration of fall as seven local “farms” open their corn mazes, pumpkin patches, sunflower fields, playgrounds, hayrides, and haunted houses to the throngs of people who push north out of the crowded suburbs of Seattle to enjoy a taste of Americana in our picturesque valley of verdant farmland ringed with snow-capped mountains.| Out Over My Skis
#2: It's all fun and games until the mildew and blackberries take over| Out Over My Skis
It can't be worse than a group text message, can it?| Out Over My Skis
Figuring out how I construct meaning in my life feels like the essential project of this newsletter.| Out Over My Skis
As I slowly rebuild for a season in the mountains, a look back on a favorite| tompendergast.substack.com
Explorations in the pleasures and perils of getting out over your skis, told through nonfiction essays, photographs, and occasional fiction. Click to read Out Over My Skis, by Tom Pendergast, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.| tompendergast.substack.com
Value Capture on the Apple Watch, Substack, and More| tompendergast.substack.com
What I found was not what I expected| tompendergast.substack.com