Tag: hiking
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Step-wise
I first stepped foot on the AT over half of a century ago. Even as a child it seemed unfathomable that one could walk all that way. But I was closer to the middle, standing on the path next to the parking lot where a laden station wagon waited, ticking and cooling, when my parents…
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2024 Holiday Message
2024 was a year of healing. That also suggests that there must have been some injury. There was. After a December ’23 fall in a hotel room, my husband required surgery in 2024 to help put a foot with multiple fractures back into the assemblance of a foot. (Note to self: turn on the light,…
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Blindsided and brittle
Have you ever stopped something you started? Stupid question, I know. But I just did that very thing in the wee hours this morning. What is unusual about it is that it involved a walk in the woods. A walk in the woods congers up memories of the book and movie, A Walk in the…
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Considering Considerations: Metacognition
Thinking of the bravest things you have ever done probably brings you down many paths. Stop and think for a moment of those things or moments in your life that you would rate as brave. Just take a moment to think! I rate jumping out of a plane (although strapped to someone who knew what…
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The Bed Worth the Making
Taking to the trails, wandering up the blazes, watching footsteps diligently, and every now and then… asking: What am I missing? Look up? Look around? Where does your happiness abound? Is it in your cell? Is it in your self? Your pursuit for more money? Is it in your family? Is it in your home?…
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Beyond Seeing: Feeling what you feel
It was in October of 1921 when Benton MacKaye’s article, An Appalachian Trail: A project in regional planning was published in the Journal of the American Institute of Architects. With the backdrop of socioeconomic detail, MacKaye proposed a trail to extend from Mt. Katahdin, Maine to Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina along the Appalachian mountain range. …
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The Real Trail Magic
Appalachiantrail.org reports that of the 3,000 plus people who start a thru-hike each year, only around 1/4 finish what they started out to do. That means that of three million visitors to the AT each year, 3,000 hope to complete the journey within one calendar year, becoming what is known as a thru-hiker. Around 750…
Mind Set Go 