Living In Place
The Food We Carried
Most of our planning was about the food we carried. Jan nixed my idea to eat beans and rice three times a day. “We need variety,” she said. “And texture.” “But none of those...
Living Outdoors
Hiking the Long Trail meant living outdoors for twenty-five days. During that time, we had rain, thunder, heat, humidity and frost. We slept inside shelters, in our tent or under...
“Only One Thing To Do” – Guest Post by novelist Donna D. Vitucci
Only One Thing To Do Hemingway wrote to Fitzgerald, his friend and competitor: “You just have to go on when it is worst and most helpless—there is only one thing to do with a...
Immigration Stories
Immigration Stories & Stories of Displacement We all have immigration stories, and they all bear retelling. After all, there were only 102 passengers on the Mayflower and...
Living Without
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...
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...