Author: Ashley Lynn
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A New Website, New Beginning
Three years ago, I shut the switch off for Adventures Across. It was one of the most devastating and depressing days of my life. Years of maintaining our story, a website, a web shop ended with the click of the button. That day, I committed to shutting down my dreams forever and surrendered to my…
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Guide to Whimsical Living in a Small Space
Curating a home of magic is all in the little things Before I moved into my camper Stella full time, I lived in a cabin and made a little homestead. My husband and I rented a cabin in the woods completely immersed in nature, my cabinets stocked with jars of stored grains, beans and the…
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How I Created My First Film Project
Filming an adventure took passion, basic equipment and my imagination Go here to see In the Pursuit of Something Real | Vol. 1 Back to Nature What Inspired Me to Pursue Film My whole life changed the year I went off grid from society in 2016. Literally, my partner Austin and I lived in a…
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The Technology Lover’s Guide to Unwinding with Nature
For all of us with a tech addiction, calming ways to destress with nature How My Device Addiction Progresses I have a confession to make – I’m deeply addicted to my phone. No, any sort of technology or device. Since I was a toddler, I played on computers and phones starting with the Windows ‘98…
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Taking a Chance on My Dreams Didn’t Make Me Rich, but Made My Life Mine
Achieving my dreams didn’t have to cost a lot Seven years ago, I landed in the desert on a whim. My partner Austin and I moved into our tent without a place to call home. The two of us had a few hundred dollars to our name and debt to worry about. It didn’t matter.…
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The Freedom of Being *Nobody*
Januaries are so quiet, so contemplative, so still like the sparkling topsoil in the fields, the glittering crystals perched on every skeletal plant of yesteryear. The feeling of the void, of nothingness and everythingness both at the same time permeate me with warm sunshine through tinted glass. A time of inner conversations, a time of…
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The Art of Minimalism: Living in a 150 Square-Foot Camper
Living in 150 square feet takes skill and practicality Living in 150 square feet takes skill and practicality, sometimes. Most of the time, I need to keep my belongings down to a minimum for having only a few spaces to stash clothes, art supplies, food and toiletries. Yet living minimally for most of my adult…
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A Need for Magic in Life
Kept up by the bright winter moon, a message came through the spiritual hours of the night A spotlight beamed down on me. My mind swirled like it was on mushrooms, yet, I’ve been sober for half a year. Vivid dreams of irritable situations with irritable people played in my dreams between the endless hours…