Stories Along the Journey
When Life Throws You Plan Bs
From the time I was a little girl, I would throw fits if things didn’t go my way. My poor mom! It wasn’t that ...
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When the Trail Doesn’t Go According to Plan
Five years into my commitment to backpack the entire Appalachian Trail, I had completed almost half of the Trail. But there was still another ...
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Sometimes Friends Can See What We May Not See
When I first sat down to write my Appalachian Trail memoir, I assumed I was writing one book. After all, it was one eleven-year ...
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The Stories Hidden Along the Trail
The first time I stepped foot onto the Appalachian Trail, with the commitment to hike the entire Trail over multiple years, I thought the ...
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The People Who Walked into the Story
An unexpected connection awaited me at this little schoolhouse along the Appalachian Trail. Some of the most memorable people I met during my eleven ...
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Why It Became a Memoir
Hello Friends, As I continue to reflect over my experience of writing not just my Appalachian Trail story, but the personal stories woven throughout ...
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Why This Story Had to Be Told
This is a picture of me writing in my journal on my very first backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail back in 2000. You ...
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