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The Snowball Effect

The Snowball Effect

Posted by Eric Welch on Feb 21st 2025

Driving back home to Louisville with Mark next to me and 5 pounds in the trunk, my nerves are locked in. High alert. Eyes flicking between the road and the rearview. The highway is long, desolate, and any sign of another car tenses you up, until you know that it's not a cop. That's when you remember to breathe. The highway is called the Pennyrile, leading to the Western KY Parkway—cutting th …
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The Basement

The Basement

Posted by Eric Welch on Feb 15th 2025

Entering that bunker, walking down those stairs...man, looking back, it was fucking crazy. Spoiler alert: this won’t be the last time I do some crazy-ass shit. The steps were short, steep, and led into what seemed liked complete darkness. The air shifted—cooler, damp, thick with the scent of aged wood and that smell from your grandma's closet. You know with the moth balls, and wha …
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Into the Backwoods

Into the Backwoods

Posted by Eric Welch on Feb 6th 2025

I won’t start with any excuses for not keeping up with this blog—fuck that. I’m here now, and that’s what matters. But before we dive in, if you’ve been following along, reading these pieces of my past, thank you. Now, back to the story... I’m standing on this farm. Just got out of the car with the guy introducing me to him. All I see is land stretching in ever …
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Growth Spurt

Growth Spurt

Posted by Eric Welch on Dec 16th 2024

Man, man, oh man—where do I even begin? It’s been... checks calendar... since November 18th. That’s a whole month. Holy shit. What happened to all that “I’m doing my best to keep up with this weekly blog” talk? (Picture me rolling my eyes at myself.) But here I am—back at it. No excuses. I’m on my couch after my daughter’s second birthday party …
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