A short entry on our best of times and worst moments on the Wonderland Trail.(**A continuation of our 2020 year in review newsletter**) Our worst day on the trail: It only rained one day while we were out there. And as luck would have it, I happened to be having an existential hiking crisis that…
Read MoreMore Wonder / CH 10
-CHAPTER 10-Modest Mouse & Mary Oliver & The End (for now) “I know that starting over is not what life is about but my thoughts were so loud I couldn’t hear my mouth.” – Modest Mouse Shortly before we moved to Seattle a friend bestowed upon me some advice that someone once shared with her.…
Read MoreMore Wonder / CH 9
-CHAPTER 9-Denver, Sandusky, Chicago, Grand Rapids Listen. This is not an instruction manual. There is no secret formula hidden in here. There are different solutions for different problems for different people. Every trip or vacation will not yield mega life change that looks and acts like ours did. I’ve been to lots of beautiful places…
Read MoreMore Wonder / CH 8
-CHAPTER 8-A bit more about Portugal When I declare to be ‘awake’ I mean that I’m aware; that at least I have my eyes open and am able to receive wonder rather than walking around with blinders on. This doesn’t mean I waltz the streets with an insufferable “high-on-life” (or “high-on-something”) attitude. Every day might…
Read MoreMore Wonder / CH 7
-CHAPTER 7-Wonder; two ways Wild flowers. Maple leaves. Clouds moseying across the sky. The intricate textures of moss, and ferns, and bark have also been known to stop me in my tracks; among the millions of other marvels in this world. My photo library is full of mushroom gills, and rain drop studded leaves, and…
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Pictured Rocks
Lately I have to step back and give myself a mental pinch, as if to say ‘who am I and why am I sleeping in a tent?’ Clay and I recently spent 6 days outside in the backcountry of the U.P. That’s 24/7 wilderness for roughly 144 hours and It’s the longest I’ve been outside,…
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Katie Joy 