This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 5/26/93 – Wed. I hiked with Srider all day […]

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This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 5/25/93 – Tue. It was another long day, and […]

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This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 5/24/93 – Mon. First time to miss any days […]

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Last night was a late night on all fronts: Julie, Carson, and Alana were at the block party that Julie initiated/coordinated as a welcome/farewell/get-to-know-each-other event — diligently planned around the work and travel schedules of as many people as possible on the block, but overlooking… Benton’s first baseball games of the season — a double-header […]

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It was a season marked by some rain, some cold weather, and lots and lots of fun. On Saturday, May 17th, Carson finished up his soccer season with a really beautiful, albeit cool, May day. It was a busy day, but to really appreciate the day, you have to realize that Friday was Benton’s much-delayed […]

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I mentioned in an earlier post that I was going to be doing an hour-long interview this week on live radio. Well…live internet radio. But “live,” which meant sweaty palms, pacing back and forth, and an elevated pulse. For me. I survived the experience yesterday, and the on-demand archive of the show is now available. […]

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Carson became interested in playing with the Zome building set last week. It is a collection of white connector balls that have specific shapes for corresponding sticks to poke into it. It makes for building great geometric shapes. He decided to make a bridge and insisted on having his picture taken. This reminded me of […]

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This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 5/20/93 – Thur. Tonight, I am at Cold Spring […]

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Alana often entertains us with her choice of clothes, be it the sundress, snowboots, and mittens for the winter days or the snowpants over the pajama tops with a fleece when it is 80 degrees outside. We can usually count on her to surprise us. This week was no different. After getting her first outfit […]

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This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 5/19/1993 – Wed. Alone at last! I only covered […]

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