The first picture I ever posted on Instagram was of a sunset I saw while cross-country skiing on the local golf course in 2017. With that middling ...
Androscoggin Land Trust in a Day
Three rivers, an undeveloped pond, numerous Black-capped Chickadees, one Bald Eagle, many trees, roots, and fallen leaves. One watershed. This was my ...
Totally Transcendent: Saddleback Solar Eclipse
Mind blowing, amazing, surreal, transcendent, what the f-? Try to describe the two and a half minutes of solar eclipse totality and it might sound ...
Fogg Island Preserve: A Quiet and Understated Walk in the Woods
I think you begin knowing a place only after you've visited it multiple times, and ideally across seasons. So, when our local land trust, 7 Lakes ...
Hop Brook Lake: Navigating Memory Lane
Memory is not a navigation tool. Back in February, while in my home state of Connecticut, I had a few free hours and decided to spend them at Hop ...
Beat the Blerch: A Virtual Race Report
This past week a T-shirt made me run a marathon. In July I signed up for the Beat the Blerch virtual race as soon as it was announced, despite not ...
Oh, The Things I See When I Run
Like many stories, this one began with a pregnancy test. Not mine, but one I saw years ago while running, discarded in a ditch on the side of the ...
The Privilege of Going Outdoors
Three weeks ago my family skinned up and skied down a ski hill about an hour from home. It was a sunny bluebird afternoon. After a peaceful climb ...
Perspective
Huh? In an increasingly off-kilter world, here's an image that also feels a bit bewildering. My daughter hates looking at this picture ("it's so ...
Keep on Going at the Vermont 100
Knowing something is hard and doing something that is hard are not the same thing. On July 15-16, 2017, I ran the Vermont 100, a race I’ve wanted ...