Finding solace
Solo hiking but not alone Entering Phen Basin in the day’s last softening light Into a mature mountain forest amid the golden hour’s enveloping calm Rising ridges visible on the […]
Category Archives: Wilderness
Park Talk
While strolling without earbuds Listening to my fellow park denizens Who were… Running while cell phone talking Walking while breaking up with lover Recounting being attacked by a robber […]
Self Discovery in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
On the surface it is a simple, oft told story about family, enjoying outdoor sports, baseball and coming of age. However, Howard Frank Mosher’s new novel, God’s Kingdom provokes deeper […]
Experiencing Quintessential Vermont Wilderness
Vermont is best known for maple sugar, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and quixotic politicians. Lesser known are the state’s secluded wilderness areas. One of Vermont’s most obscure and seldom […]
Ain’t no Meadow!
A few puffy clouds in an otherwise deep blue sky Sun warming up the dawn after a chilly mountain night Perfect weather for a mountain trail run Setting off at […]
Bears and the Legacy of the Dispossessed
Whumph, whumph, whumph Sharp noises interrupted a sunny, but cool morning hike on a little used backcountry trail in Shenandoah National Park. Glancing to my right I spied a small […]
Dappled Light
Filtering sun rays through woodland canopy Be-speckling forest foliage with circles of light and shade A mysteriously attractive panoply of hues and shades Enticing ones interest with newly created beauty […]
