Hiking the length of the Long Trail is a lesson in living without. For twenty-five days on the long trail, I enjoyed living without cosmetics, without showers, without a change of clothes, without social media, email or the internet. And I didn’t miss them at all. NO INTERNET, NO EMAIL, NO SOCIAL MEDIA Of all […]
Telling Stories
TELLING STORIES ON THE LONG TRAIL Hiking eleven hours a day is hard, but it was never boring, because my hiking buddy and I took turns telling stories. Jan and I met in college and have been living apart ever since: she in Alaska and me in Vermont. We’ve kept in touch with infrequent letters […]
Canada
When anyone on the Long Trail asked me where I was heading last summer, I always said, “Canada.” One man replied, “Before the election?” This was in late August. I’d been on the trail for two weeks, and I’d forgotten about the election. At Sterling Lake, we spoke with some Canadians out for a day-hike who […]
Operatic Politics: Don Giovanni
While watching a recent Live in HD transmission of Don Giovanni, opera and politics collided, turning into a sharp commentary for what’s going on in American politics today. Don Giovanni is a licentious aristocrat, a libertine who relentlessly seduces women and even gets away with rape. He doesn’t just brag about his conquests, he keeps a […]
Ready, Set, Write!
Today is November first and the beginning of Nanowrimo –when writers worldwide try to pen a 50,000 novel before the end of the month. I’m not participating in Nanowrimo this year. The novel I’m working on is fermenting in a box. Instead, I’m working on a book of non-fiction about learning to hunt, and this […]
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