Changes I’m back after a hiatus (explanation below) and am making a few changes. First, I’m switching to a weekly rather than semi-daily Appalachian Trail journal to focus a larger portion of my daily writing time on more time-intensive articles and book reviews. This week’s journal brings me just past the halfway point, a fitting...

Once making that commitment, I feel unable to change course. Broadly, putting constraint on freedom, I believe, makes the journey more difficult and also more rewarding.

The Earth renews itself with fresh winds and rain. I returned from a lovely visit to Harrisonburg VA with my uncle, aunt, and cousin rejuvenated. The trail greeted me with rain and cool. Color swelled in leaves. Vigor replaced arduousness, vibrancy displacing a miry sky. A visit with family in Harrisonburg Shenandoah National Park is...