Cassie Stockamp
Christmas musings!
It was December 22, 2022 the morning after the winter solstice. I had set my alarm for 7am so I could get back on a better sleep schedule...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Nov 20, 2022
- 3 min
Gentle Giants…
So we just had a week of everything elephants…! AMAZING… Feeding elephants, making elephant food, harvesting food (yes, 1 ton of banana...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Nov 12, 2022
- 6 min
Who knew… Cambodia!
This country has blown me away. Of all of the countries I’ve visited, these people are the kindest, “smiliest” people I have ever met....
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Cassie Stockamp
- Jun 22, 2022
- 4 min
Re-Entry
So re-entry is always a thing… And it feels just as big this time. When leaving the Dallas airport I watched another plane mirror our...
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Cassie Stockamp
- May 28, 2022
- 3 min
A Mango Lassi…
Thursday afternoon I was drawn to the lake. I wanted to be by water and unpack all that I’d been learning. If I were to share the exotic...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Feb 16, 2022
- 11 min
My First Psychedelic Experience…
So I’ve had new Neural pathways blown into my brain - an experience that some may criticize, others may think me crazy and hopefully...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Dec 12, 2021
- 8 min
Yup, I did it!!!
So this is the wrap up blog from my latest adventure - a 60 year old woman’s experience with a 1,000+ mile solo self supported bike...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Oct 14, 2021
- 3 min
Tending to a Pet Cemetery… (and other tales from the road)
I called out to Natalie and asked her if I could pitch my tent in her vicinity. She answered affirmatively - as long as I was quiet! We...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Oct 6, 2021
- 5 min
It’s All Good….!
So I don’t even know where to start. It’s been 14 days since I started this solo bike adventure, and so many amazing things have happened...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Feb 7, 2021
- 8 min
A true story about a friend’s deep dive into (and out of) QAnon...
I talked to a really bright friend the other day, catching up and brainstorming ideas on how to get involved in volunteer activities in a...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Jan 14, 2021
- 3 min
My experience with implicit bias...
I had to make a delivery to an upscale apartment building in Carmel, IN which is a very affluent predominantly white suburb of...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Dec 10, 2020
- 3 min
Cheers to a Messy Holiday!
My daughter and I put up the Xmas decorations the other day — at her prodding. She and I looked wryly at each other as we positioned the...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Sep 29, 2020
- 15 min
A Rolling Vision Quest around some lakes...
I came home from a year of volunteering and exploring my way around the world and quickly realized I hadn’t given my own country the same...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Jun 26, 2020
- 5 min
My friend.....
I had invited him over for coffee the other day as he has completed several epic bike rides including riding around Lake Michigan. A...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Jun 21, 2020
- 4 min
Oh dear god...
So yesterday a fellow college age co-worker at the liquor store (Yes, I’m a job hopper following the allure of big bucks from generous...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Apr 28, 2020
- 6 min
What a wild chapter:
Living in the time of a pandemic, finding a job as an essential worker and creating space for a roommate with Parkinson’s I was in...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Mar 21, 2020
- 9 min
Exploring Colombia, a bruised ego, and living with the pandemic...
So it was a wild experience feeling the transfer of fear and anxiousness from those around me in response to what felt like an unraveling...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Feb 6, 2020
- 5 min
What Have I Learned? 34 notions...
It was 91 degrees in Amed, Bali and I was sitting on the steps of an Indomaret mulling over the year while eating a roll of coffee...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Jan 23, 2020
- 4 min
An Experiment in Vanity Gone Waaayyy Wrong... LOL!
So this whole little goof began in Sri Lanka last March after making friends with two young delightful women from Berlin. When we...
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Cassie Stockamp
- Jan 11, 2020
- 3 min
Homecoming!
One rather gloomy winter day, I found myself slowly ambling around the halls of the Chicago Merchandise Mart peering into the showrooms...
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