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I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. – Joan Didion
Should I be embarrassed that at the very ripe age of 47 I still do not have a solid answer to this question? I am moving in the right direction, though the bounds are not clearly defined. If I were to follow my passions, I would read academic books on…
Yet another year passes without an update for this website. I think May 2006 was the first time I clicked “publish” on a blog. Building…
I am going to attempt to hike each week in 2020. Here’s a short description of my first hike.
“The problem is no longer getting people to express themselves, but providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something…
I struggled to recall my favorite moments / memories of 2017. After spending several minutes scrolling through photos and reviewing my calendar, I decided on…

I’m Leslie, the creator and author behind this blog. I’m an outdoor enthusiast who writes about what she’s reading, seeing, and thinking.