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This, Too, Like Gas, Shall Pass
I’ve realized that hiking in winter requires a certain level of willpower. I’m not really talking about the kind people mean when they talk about diets or going to the gym. I’m talking about the willpower to wear fewer clothes. Now obviously you have to wear some clothes. I mean, unless naked hiking is your Read more
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With Breath Like Air
Today’s hike had a goal. Well, they always have a sort of goal. To get fresh air. To get sunshine and vitamin D. To get my blood pumping and my body moving. To find some peace in nature. To hopefully see some deer friends. Sidenote, deer friends are what I call the deer that Read more
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On Growing
Winter probably seems like a weird time to start a hiking habit. But I have always felt like there was particular sort of beauty about this time of year. I think because this time of year always reminds me of The Lord of the Rings. Maybe it’s because this was the time of year I Read more
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It Sounds Like This
“What a bunch of dorks.” It’s what Anna Mariano’s awkwardly loveable main character says about her similarly awkwardly loveable low brass bandmates in her newest book, It Sounds Like This. They quickly become main character Yasmín Treviño’s fast friends in the particular kind of high school way that is at once almost shockingly fast and Read more
Laura Bird 