Not a Walk in the Park: Reflecting on the Inconvenient Truths of Outdoor Recreation

Not a Walk in the Park: Reflecting on the Inconvenient Truths of Outdoor Recreation

I was honored to have the following essay recently published in the fall edition of Confluence, a national, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary...

Another Walk in the Rocks

Another Walk in the Rocks

Adventures of a lifetime come in all shapes and sizes. I’d say becoming a grandmother and a graduate student at...

Minding the Body

Minding the Body

My mind springs in Spring like a frenzy of overshot pinballs. It races, paces, waiting for some kind of ‘ding.’...

Trail Legs 2020

Trail Legs 2020

It has arrived. The end of a year that will blazon the pages of every future history book. I am...

Quarantine: Making Time

Quarantine: Making Time

The world has been brought to its knees by a viral force, dead-set on dividing and conquering. Revealing true leaders...

Birthday Gift on the Trail

Birthday Gift on the Trail

Sometimes a knock on the head can set priorities straight, as I learned at the unexpected ending of my 4-day...

Climbing: Learning How to Fall

Climbing: Learning How to Fall

I still remember the first time I walked into my local climbing gym, The Cliffs at Valhalla, about a dozen...

The White Mountains: Get Schooled!

The White Mountains: Get Schooled!

For five summers now, my husband and I have had the pleasure of joining a friend on his annual hut-to-hut...

Rocksylvania: Type-Two Fun

Rocksylvania: Type-Two Fun

I am back from my Pennsylvania-aka-Rocksylvania adventure. Now I can say I’ve hiked about one-quarter of the Appalachian Trail. And...

Launch Time

Launch Time

I am counting down to another undulating adventure on the Appalachian Trail, to seek out a warm Spring. To boldly...