One Week In
“You could die up there and no one would know, for like, days,” Noelle says to me after our long night out in BigCity, NC. We’re discussing the hike up, how I’ll be doing it alone at about two in [...]
One Map at a Time
It takes a couple false starts but finally, I find the tax office for our county and inquire about maps. The topographical ones, it turns out, are located one county over where the Forest Service [...]
More Adventures on the Mountain
This morning, yellow violets all the way down the gravel road. Maples seemed to burst overnight and small huddles of meadowrue decorated the pathways along the property. Just before the front [...]
Signs of Spring
This morning, three young deer fed in the garden a hundred feet below the porch on the lower portion of the property. I wished them a happy dawn, then turned on my heels back into the house where [...]
Grover’s Map
The most striking thing about Grover is his gem-blue eyes set in his wrinkled, round face with piercing precision. He visits the coffeehouse twice a week to collect recycling as a part of his [...]
Reality Check from Redboots
I get an email from Redboots and she wants to know: “Do you feel like something is going on – I mean like in the earth’s vibes etc.? When you have time to listen and tune in, please [...]
Housewarming Party
“Hello!” I hear Vic’s sweet voice before I see her, then she pops around the corner from the mud room with that wide, knowing smile. She, her husband, and her mother-in-law are the first guests [...]
Back Online
I actually leaned over and kissed the desk goodbye. I said a silent prayer to the view of the Black Mountains from the porch. And three truck loads plus one station wagon load later, I left the [...]
Semester Summary
[No phone line again last night…sorry for the delay.] I’ve been challenged further by my advisor. She agrees that my story is the quiet story of growing up girl in America. [...]
