Tag: Nature

  • A few photos from a recent hike.

    Rêves d’hiver
  • I hear their screams in the cover of the night,the cursed and the damned;they don’t know who they are, where they are. They have forgotten all their names and places,shuffling down the corridor gaunt and blank;I am at home with…

    Mainesthai
  • Three days into the AT, around Lime Rock springs in a crushing 92F heat, I sat down on a rock while my companion went to filter water and wrote these words: “There are places that scrape against the sky, where…

    Lessons from the Appalachian Trail
  • A eulogy of sorts for a dear, dear friend.

    Barbara: On Impermanence & The Eternal Chinese Take-Out Dinner
  • It’s spring at long last here in the Last Green Valley, and hikers are out in droves. (Which, in hiking, means meeting two people on a typical hike instead of one.) As usual, I’m seeing the usual mix of seasoned trail…

    Ten Tips For Hiking Like a Pro