Kelton Wright

6 days ago | shangrilogs.substack.com | Kelton Wright

An audio version, in case you’d like to faff about in the kitchen or garden instead of screening. Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. The migration is underway as countless birds grace us with their presence for a day at a time before heading further south. One of the purest treasures of this season is hearing the ever-changing chorus outside. And so, we keep the door to the screened-in patio cracked open.

1 week ago | shangrilogs.substack.com | Kelton Wright

This Friday, my podcast co-host (and friend) Krisserin and I will record the final episode of our first season of Pen Pals. We’re taking the summer off because, well, it’s summer and we deserve nice things. As we approach our wrap up episode, we’re thinking about what we want to accomplish over the break, and how we might do it. Krisserin brought up some…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Shangrilogs to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

1 week ago | shangrilogs.substack.com | Kelton Wright

Lately, I’ve been working to unlock some secret within me that will lead me to a billboard that says, “GO THIS WAY.” You’d think with its freeway-friendly size and its enormous font that I would have found it by now, but the hunt continues. To shake loose the cobwebs, I walk. Maybe the billboard is in the woods. Maybe I just need to take that one trail that’s a little overgrown. Or maybe I should bushwack the old trail that is very overgrown.

2 weeks ago | shangrilogs.substack.com | Kelton Wright

We went hiking on Sunday, a very steep climb and descent where my hands were firmly planted on my knees on the way up and my butt was occasionally planted on the ground on the way down. We were traversing a low ridgeline with the baby strapped into his carrier while he babbled and occasionally demanded milk. Steam rose from the silty cliffsides as the s…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Shangrilogs to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

2 weeks ago | shangrilogs.substack.com | Kelton Wright

Credit to for this idea, that she got from the podcast What Did You Do Yesterday?, executed so well here. Technically this is Friday, and not Saturday, because I had to do the actual writing of this on Saturday and the actual child rearing of this on Friday. Also, if you do nothing else, please scroll the video of W3 laughing hysterically. 6:14am: I stir, stretching my legs right into the dog’s mouth. He’s buried under the covers and immediately takes this stretch as an invitation to lick my feet.