Out Over My Skis

Four Years on Substack

And worth it because of you

Jan 24 • Tom Pendergast

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Letter to an Old Friend

As Sara and I walked through the Bosque the other morning, the sun warming our backs even as we kept our coats zipped up against the chill desert air, I…

Jan 11 • Tom Pendergast

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November 2025

Does This Spreadsheet Make Me Look Fat?

Learning Not to Bullshit Myself About My Health

Nov 23, 2025 • Tom Pendergast

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25 Hikes in Dreamland

Notes on a Season Hiking in the Cascades

Nov 9, 2025 • Tom Pendergast

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October 2025

Reframing My Relationship to Email

I tried Forage Mail for two weeks and I really liked it

Oct 19, 2025 • Tom Pendergast

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September 2025

Welcome to the New Green Buddy

The prettiest green buddy yet

Sep 21, 2025 • Tom Pendergast

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Farewell Green Buddy

I gave away one of my favorite possessions

Sep 7, 2025 • Tom Pendergast

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August 2025

Fainter

It's hard to maintain a tough-guy facade when you've collapsed to the floor

Aug 7, 2025 • Tom Pendergast

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July 2025

Sarah Majdov’s Fatamorgana

A Report from Our Broken Corporate World

Jul 30, 2025 • Tom Pendergast

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June 2025

Jury Duty

A testament to the American justice system

Jun 18, 2025 • Tom Pendergast

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April 2025

More Mystery than Mastery

Adam Gopnik’s The Real Work and the Meaning of Life

Apr 13, 2025 • Tom Pendergast

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February 2025

Patagonia

A landscape of incredible beauty

Feb 23, 2025 • Tom Pendergast

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