When I try to name the way I’ve been feeling for the past few years, lost is inevitably what floats to the surface. But it just doesn’t sit right with me. I know where I am, where I’ve been, and who I am. It’s just the future that is unknown. …

Catskill Mountains, New York. October 1, 2021 — Land Acknowledgement: Catskill Mountains are home to the Mohican and Haudenosaunee ancestral lands. “Can you even imagine the whole range red,” I wondered aloud while staring out onto the Catskills from atop Slide Mountain. Just hours before while driving back-roads on a spontaneous road trip to the area I didn’t…

You’re dreaming of hiking the Appalachian Trail and you’re doing your due diligence and researching resupply options, lightweight gear choices, and permits. You’ve read past hikers’ blogs and hope to one day get your own Altra’s dirty and step foot on the trail. And in your research you’ve come across…

In the following essay I will make the case as to why you should start your Appalachian Trail thru-hike in Alabama, by appealing to the purist, the novice, and the challenger. But first, let me start by sharing that Flagg Mountain, near the small town of Weogufka in the center…

Consisting of locations across the country that were important to the Civil Rights Movement, the U.S. Civil Rights Trail offers an interactive guide to Civil Rights education. First stop on the trail for me- Tuscaloosa, home to The University of Alabama, my alma mater, and home to Foster Auditorium.

I have read enough books on the climate crisis and interconnected crises that they all sound the same by now. They are repetitive by nature, shouting over and over that the earth is on fire and calling folks to take collective action. Me, and the majority of humanity, agree on…

*Note: This was originally drafted to be a letter to Winter Park, but then the message changed a bit and I wanted to share it with a wider audience. I came out to Colorado on a road trip from Alabama, sleeping in my small Toyota Corolla, which I like to…