There Goes Your Life
“All he could think about was, how I’m too young for this.
Got my whole life ahead.
Hell, I’m just a kid myself, how am I gonna raise one?”
Tethered In Wide Open Spaces
“You are not the captain of your life. God damn, it’s hard, but it’s the inevitable truth. And with time, you do experience it as sweet relief.“
Happy Anniversary
“On with my mittens in the the chill of the shade, and then off with my mid-layer in the heat of the sun.”
We The People
“Here’s my take on my own post-AT struggle with the northern section of the Long Trail…”, David Hiscoe wrote to me the evening before I left for Vermont.”
3 Degrees of Separation
“Joe Triebsch sold an REI Co-op cycling windbreaker to me in the fall of 2018.”
I Walk Down Memory Lane Because I Know I’ll Find You There
“If Weverton Cliffs could talk, they would tell you a story.”
When Life Gives You Lemons, Go To Vermont For Lunch
“I don’t know how else to say this, Sarah. I just…I just…damn. I just don’t…like you.”, he said over the phone.”
New Year, True You
“This year, I am thankful that life had different plans for me than I had for myself.”, I recited silently as I stared at the waxed “4” and “1” atop my fruit tart.”
Gear Here!
“Nude. I went with nude. Naturistic in its own right, it was clearly the right choice.”
And on the 207th Day, She Rose
“At 11:20am on Monday, October 11th, after 207 days of life on foot, I summited the majestic 5,269 feet of Mama K. Mount Katahdin.”
100 Miles of Wild
“Tuning in from the infamous Shaw’s Hiker Hostel, in Monson, Maine, you’re finding me full of whimsy.”