This is the text of the eulogy for my friend Jan Rutherdale I delivered yesterday at Centennial Hall in Juneau, Alaska. Once I overcame the shocking and unwelcome fact of Jan’s death, I was overtaken with a new and a forceful need to be present, to be unambiguously loving, to say yes, and to connect. […]
Lessons from the Long Trail
MY SUMMER VACATION
MY SUMMER VACATION Last week I went on my long-anticipated summer vacation during which my husband and I planned to hike sixty miles of The Long Trail, bringing our twenty-plus year section hike to an end. DAY 1. We were exhausted and unprepared, so we stayed home, did laundry, packed trail food, and sorted gear. […]
Walking & Writing as a Way of Life
WALKING AND WRITING AS A WAY OF LIFE Walking and Writing are a way of life for me. Hiking over the uneven terrain of uncertainty helps shake my ideas into place, and I return to my desk with mental clarity. When it’s emotional upset that blocks my progress, walking helps calm me, and being in […]
Hiking Vermont’s Long Trail for the Second Time
Much to my own disbelief, I’m planning to complete Vermont’s Long Trail for the second time in two years. This sounds more outlandish than it actually is. Unlike last year’s end-to-end hike from Massachusetts to Canada in twenty-five days, this year, I’m going to finish the section hike my husband and I started in the […]
Following the Trail
Following the trail across roads, over ski areas, and through towns was harder than hiking through the woods. ROADS We’d only been on the trail about twenty-four hours when we came to our first road crossing. We heard the road well before we stepped out of the woods at Route 9. I’d been to this trailhead […]
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