Waking Expectant – Waking Expectant Website

Latest Posts

Adventures Mountains New Mexico Southwest Uncategorized

Summer of 2025

You may have noted, we have not posted in quite some time. We have taken the last year to re-center, to recuperate emotionally from a lot of stuff and to start some new projects. ...

Adventures Mountains New Mexico Southwest

Magic Magdalenas

Our day trip yesterday took us to the Magdalena mountains south and east of Albuquerque. The drive was less than two hours, and the weather was fine. We found ourselves navigating...

Projects

Riki's Harp of David

One of Riki’s favorite people from history was David the Harpist. “Whenever the evil spirit from God bothered...

Adventures Ancient Peoples Geology New Mexico Rockhounding Southwest

Western New Mexico Enchantment

Today we explored the remote regions of New Mexico around Quemado. We had a great time at some Mogollon pit house dwellings, checking out some areas I plan to hunt deer this fall,...

Projects

Electric Guitar

After building Josiah that bass guitar, I decided I wanted to use what I’d learned and build a guitar for myself. I made a few mistakes with that first one, so I tried to improve for...

Adventures Borneo

Lankayan Island Paradise

Lankayan Island. . . our last stop on our Borneo adventure. The boat from Kinabatangan took us to a jetty, but not the right jetty. We were to leave for Lankayan from a a different...

Adventures Borneo

Kinabatangan Wildlife Experience

Kinabatanga Wildlife Refuge is one of Borneo’s premier wildlife viewing regions. We were lucky to find a lodge with limited visitors and a great opportunity to explore the local...

Adventures Borneo

Mulu: Tropical Caves and Forests

Our Borneo adventure continued with a visit to Mulu National Park, a land of deep tropical forest and deep tropical caves. Riki’s thoughts… The second segment of our vacation...

Adventures Borneo

Our Borneo Adventure begins

Borneo, the third-largest island in the world, is a wonderland of tropical forest, amazing caves, beautiful coastlines and lovely people. We were excited to begin our two-week adventure...

Projects

Bass Guitar

My son, Josiah, learned how to play the bass guitar in school last semester. He looked so cool up there at the recital, and it became clear to me… I needed to build him a sweet bass! I...

Adventures Geology New Mexico Rockhounding Southwest

San Ysidro Anticline

Our winter adventuring has recently taken us to local, nearby areas. A popular site is the San Ysidro Anticline of the Ojito Wilderness near the small village of San Ysidro. Folks...

Adventures Ancient Peoples Geology Mountains New Mexico Southwest

Deep Canyons and Javalinas

Our January was incredibly cold this year, but February has been wonderfully spring-like. We had some serious cabin fever, and really needed to get out, despite Riki still getting...

Learn More About Us

We are Kelly and Riki Miller. We were high-school sweethearts, but took different directions in life. After a few decades of living other lives, we found each other again. We are excited to experience our third third together.

We seek a life motivated by curiosity and learning, and we love Annie Dillard’s words, “I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.”

We'd love to hear from you

As we discussed building this web site, we had you in mind. We know that the adventures that we get to experience are blessed opportunities not afforded to everyone. This is our way to share those adventures with our family and friends. Please let us know your reactions to our words and pictures. Tell us about your adventures! Come along with us, and let us know what you think of the journey.