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.’...

Building Shelter

Building Shelter

I have been pondering the formidable concept of ‘shelter’ on many levels, thanks to the latest Are You Book Enough...

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...

At Home with Growing Wild

At Home with Growing Wild

I should probably be gathering numbers right now to give to my tax accountant, aka my husband. But today I...

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...