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May 23, 2023 9 comments

I hiked and recorded sound but letting the Mountains speak to me in its own way, was pure magic.

May 23, 2023 2 comments

It was early spring loud with birds and falls for my Artist-in-Residence at the Porcupine Mountains.

May 9, 2023 0 comments

Motion is lotion, so they say and hiking is one of the best to slow the progress of arthritis.

May 2, 2023 0 comments

Anxiety and fear in high doses can be detrimental to your health, but can also be harnessed to help you succeed.

March 13, 2023 2 comments

PSA: You Don’t Have to “Crush Miles” to Thrive as a Thru-Hiker

February 15, 2023 18 comments

My heroine is 81-year old Mary Davison who called herself “The Old Lady on the Trail.”

February 4, 2023 2 comments

Answers to your questions about packing gear, planning for success, how to manage contact lenses on trail.

February 1, 2023 4 comments

Classical composers walked in nature and were inspired to create some of the most enduring music in the world.

January 31, 2023 3 comments

I’ve made a career shift to professional speaker using stories from the trail to teach and inspire.

January 25, 2023 4 comments

On the Arizona Trail, I learned about love as a gift in the form of the desert bloom.