Appalachian Trail
The year I find my fire
December 17, 2022
The year I come into my power and purpose through unexpected means.
As I drag myself out of the woods
October 1, 2020
The story of my experience, my state of mind and state of heart, as we end our homeschool journey during a global pandemic in a time of heightened awareness of racial injustice.
A return to Long Distance Hiking/Backpacking
October 2, 2018
My section hike of the Vermont Long Trail was nothing like our thru-hike. It was exactly what I needed to remember why I fell in love with backpacking to begin with.
After the Appalachian Trail will I ever do long distance backpacking again?
September 28, 2018
In the four years since we finished the AT I've done two short backpacking trips. Those were great experiences but I wasn't convinced after either of them that any longer distances were in my future.
Falling Apart
August 17, 2018
I had been onboard with this diet for many years and we had influenced dietary changes in our extended families. We had raised kids who ate vegetables! But I was starting to ask questions and have doubts.
High Summer ~ Family, Travel & Outdoors
July 25, 2018
Making new friends and sharing hospitality; music, dancing, and singing; celebrating and participating in creativity; the beauty of the countryside always reminds me that the world is a wonderful place to be.
Wholehearted writing (and depression on the Appalachian Trail)
April 17, 2017
We go through experiences that wear us down to our core, and break our shell. And these experiences, like my long distance hike, will show us what's operating below the surface of our lives. And it won't be your goodness that will help light the path through this wreckage, it will be your courage.
