Greetings blog readers! I’ve decided to join the 52 Hike Challenge, both to get outside as much as I can in 2018 and to blog more regularly because, well, both are my cheapest forms of therapy. The challenge is simple; hike 52 times, once a week at a minimum. I’ve decided to do mine inContinueContinue reading “Starting the #52hikechallenge at Split Rock Trail, Joshua Tree National Park”
Category Archives: Travel
Where do you find wonder?
I’ve been a bad arts person lately. I haven’t been to see a lot of live shows. A few years back, I lived for going to theater and dance and music. These days I’m lucky if I go to one show every couple of months. There are reasons for this. One is that TV isContinueContinue reading “Where do you find wonder?”
You should go here: Acadia National Park
Seems like Acadia is the place to be this summer – everyone is going there! The National Park Service ran a great marketing campaign for their 100th anniversary, and so the Parks seem to be busting at the seams this year. I’m glad that more people are getting outside and enjoying these gems, but itContinueContinue reading “You should go here: Acadia National Park”
The weekend that wasn’t
I blame summer reading. After finishing some serious stuff like The Nightingale and Into the Wild, I needed something lighter. With perfect timing, a friend recommended The Tradd Street series by Karen White, and I dove in. I should have known, dammit. As soon as I realized the heroine was a gorgeous 39-year-old singleton withContinueContinue reading “The weekend that wasn’t”
Great day hikes near Boston: Hiking Mt. Wachusett
Today, for the first time in a while, I feel a literal spring in my step. Also a metaphorical one. For weeks now, I have felt strangely weighed down, either by my actual body feeling stiff and creaky, or my head feeling clouded into inertia. I’m not a fan of this feeling, which is whyContinueContinue reading “Great day hikes near Boston: Hiking Mt. Wachusett”
Everything and a Racehorse 