What’s Shangrilogs?
Shangrilogs is a newsletter about life at 10,000 feet written by the nature-obsessed, Type-A daughter of a wildlife biologist and smokejumper. You can expect small town antics with big heart tactics.
Contact: keltonwright@gmail.com or keltonwrites
Why subscribe?
Most people come here for whimsy. It’s a peephole into a different life — one centered around small town living, high-alpine adventure, and deep dives into nature.
Every Sunday, you’ll get a free newsletter with things like:
plus strange things like this blood bag story
And paid subscribers get goodies like:
the Wednesday edition with the real deal on small town living
content and gear recommendations
access to the archive of Chosen Places
updates on the woodworking shop (and business, oh boy)
But who are you?
I’m Kelton Wright — I’m a writer and slow athlete who apologizes to trees when I bump into them and am constantly attempting to balance my deep desire to be anti-social with supporting a tiny community. I’ve been featured in The Guardian, Time, Bicycling Magazine, Runner’s World, Cosmopolitan, Outside Magazine, and more, always riding bikes and running around.
I’ve taught mindfulness to NFL coaches, led hundreds of women through cycling clinics, written an Amazon best seller on dating, and worked with brands like Headspace, Nike, UnitedHealth Group, and more to help them elevate their content strategies.
And every step of the way, I’ve been trying to optimize my own happiness: which is how I ended up six hours from a major airport in a town smaller than my graduating class.
Shangrilogs isn’t just a cabin (though it is very much a cabin), it’s an exploration of what changing your life and your home can look like. I hope you enjoy it!
Join the crew
Are you “leave the city and never come back” curious? Join the club.
Who else is in this crew?
“Thoughtful writing from a beautiful place. Reading Shangrilogs makes me feel like I'm hanging out at a friend's house on the internet. And that's a really hard feeling to find online these days.” - Cait Flanders, author of The Lighthouse
“I love the way Kelton lives life so intentionally. I love (and admire) how she has strong opinions while also making people feel welcome. And I just love her writing. So many sentences stop me in my tracks. Getting more of that writing and more glimpses into Kelton’s beautiful, intentional life is 100% worth the price of entry.” - Katie Hawkins-Gaar, author of My Sweet Dumb Brain
“Where do I start?! The first is, because you’re a great fucking writer and I can’t help but read you. So there’s that. It has been this beautiful present to find you, because you intentionally live a somewhat inconvenient life, and that’s where I was headed, and it was scary but it looked like you were having fun. You live differently than most, and there’s something exquisite about seeing the world through your eyes and words; it’s settling and it normalizes what enough is. In your last newsletter you talked about the jenky little set up for your morning coffee and as someone who quite recently equated making it with custom cabinetry and second homes, and who no longer does, I think it’s that there is a shared camaraderie, if that makes sense.
I think you really show what it’s like to arrive now, rather than later, and as someone else said, you give me a sense of place.” - Holly Whitaker, author of Recovering
