Climbing Over the Hump

The hump is on the downslope; the brightness is on the rise. This past weekend – and even a bit of last week – I felt resistant to where I am, what I am doing, who I am doing it … Continue reading →

Stream of Thoughts about Moving, in the Garden

Written over the course of a few weeks, with a few minutes at a time, on the ranch, on the NAU campus, and around Flagstaff. I’m only 23. I’m young – maybe just a year or two older than the … Continue reading →

Post-ADK 1: Beer in Boston

Written on 23 November 2013 at 1369 Coffee, Central Square, Cambridge, MA Woah, a new book! And what a lovely shade of . . . fuchsia? Oh, it’s catchy and pretty and despite their poor binding, I do like these … Continue reading →

Fourth Train Journal

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It’s been a year, but little has changed – much less than the changes seen to College Park between May and November of last year, the months I was a backcountry steward (assistant forest ranger) in the Eastern High Peaks … Continue reading →

Third Train Journal

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I woke up to adobe. The sky is a pale blue, turning to yellow and fading to a soft rosé right at the horizon’s edge – a horizon so far away, a horizon unencumbered by contour, unbroken by trees, unhidden … Continue reading →

Second Train Journal

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 This first leg was easy.  I didn’t get to sleep a good sleep until around 0415, but then I slept for a solid four hours or so.  I had two naps before – hour-long respites from the scanning landscape outside … Continue reading →

First Train Journal

I wrote this before sunset on the first day, during the first leg of my trip from DC to Flagstaff.  This leg is DC-Chicago.  I left Rockville Station around 1645 on Monday, 24 Feb, and arrived in Chicago’s Union Station … Continue reading →

Trans-ADK Photos

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I realized I never posted pictures from my Trans-ADK hike.  Unfortunately I didn’t have my regular camera, and the camera Scott lent to me had such a small card that only a few pictures could fit on it (and I … Continue reading →

Roads of Consciousness

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I’m visiting family and friends in the Boston/Cambridge area, and decided to break from writing post-dated journal thoughts from my aborted hike to write a John Gardner-esque entry about the city – or at least what is the most urban situation … Continue reading →

A Summary

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What follows is a  summary of my four-and-a-half days and 65 miles on the Trans-Adirondack Route, a 235+ mile longitudinal trek across the entire Adirondack Park.  I accomplished approximately 65 miles, and learned so much more than one might expect … Continue reading →