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Tag Archives: walking
Pilgrimage
Walden, written by Henry David Thoreau, has been a favorite book of mine for nearly 45 years. I’ve long appreciated this record of a life well-spent and, thus, have long resisted the temptation of visiting the book’s post-glacial centerpiece near … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Authors' Ridge, Concord, Emerson, freedom, history, Massachusetts, pilgrimage, Thoreau, Transcendentalists, Walden Pond, walking, writing
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Spectacle Pond
[The following is the first in a two-part series on a recent ramble through the Northeast Kingdom and the Green Mountain State (aka Vermont), with stops in the wild Nulhegan River Basin and, later, at the famed Battenkill. Stay tuned!] … Continue reading
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Tagged boreal forest, Island Pond, loons, Native Americans, nature, Northeast Kingdom, Nulhegan River, peace, photography, solitude, Spectacle Pond, travel, Vermont, walking
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Walking the Runs
1. Around here we call them “runs”– the small streams tumbling down the wooded slopes to the river valleys (particularly on the Pennsylvania side of the rivertop region). Nearly all of them interest me, especially those whose habitats include the … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, brook trout, evolution, fly-fishing, knowing the territory, nature, perfection, personal journal, plants, recreation, runs, sacred, sense of place, Slate/Cedar run, small streams, think small, trillium, walking
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Rivertop Rambles 