High Plains Drifter
October 2025
“The grizzlies are feasting right now.”

Late in the season, they move with a kind of quiet determination
grazing every hillside, turning over logs, digging for roots, fishing every stretch of creek they trust.
They aren’t frantic
They aren’t panicked
They’re deliberate

Stockpiling energy for what’s coming.
One last push before the long rest.
And watching that rhythm, you can’t help but think:
How many of us try to live in endless summer?
Always producing, always chasing, always saying yes to one more thing…
as if the wheel never turns.

But the bears don’t fear the cycle
They honor it
Maybe this season isn’t about pushing harder
Maybe it’s about reflection
About gathering the wisdom you picked up this year, storing the nourishment you’ve earned, and settling into the kind of internal quiet that actually builds strength.

Because winter comes for all of us
in our work, our leadership, our inner life.

And the ones who thrive aren’t the ones who outrun it.
They’re the ones who prepare with intention.

​So… what does your winter prep look like?