“Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.” – Mary Anne Radmacher Saudade, the Portuguese word I came across a few years back, seeps in around … More Nostalgia in New Hampshire
“Nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for … More 30/-1 Between Comfort and Survival
The first hike of 2022 brought me back to Patapsco Valley State Park on a freakishly warm day in January the day before I was supposed to return back to work from winter break. I had gone back and forth about hiking Harpers Ferry, but Maria and I decided on Patapsco so that we could … More First Hike of 2022: What an Earthworm (and the Dalai Lama) Can Teach Us
Thanksgiving morning I left my boys with their dad, and headed back out to Wolfsville Road in Maryland. I began section hiking the Appalachian Trail three months ago at Wolfsville Road and went south. This trip was not only the completion of the Maryland section, but we also hit the one hundred mile milestone, a … More Being Like A Snowflake: Wolfsville Road to Caledonia State Park
Urban Dictionary’s word of the day for March 14th was “vaxhole,” one who has been fully vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus and brags about it. Two weeks after the second shot and that vaxhole is posting selfies from a Cancun bar. I snorted when a friend read this to me. I know a few (other) … More Ignorance is Bliss(ters?)
I like winter hiking- from the silence of the woods, to the bright winter light that casts long shadows. It reminds me of cross country skiing when I was a kid in Massachusetts. Most of Maryland doesn’t get much snow, but this past week we got some snow, then an ice storm, followed by freezing … More Hiking on Ice
Found in the Forest 