Robbi Mecus: More than a Forest Ranger
Above is a drawing of Robbi by Eli Johnson @elitrash_panda Robbi once told me that writing was how she processed things. So here I am, fingers to keyboard, trying to […]
Adirondack Essays
The Ending
“So here it is, the ending. The black letter day when we are finally, irrevocably done. And I am really, actually leaving. The place that I used to call home.” […]
Trans Adirondacks: Why Here
I haven’t had time to process everything that’s happened this summer. My name is different and my hair is shorter, my body less used to hiking and my mind still […]
Misadventure in Quarantine, a True Story
Last Wednesday my housemate found out that someone he’d gone for a walk with had tested positive for Covid. He got tested immediately, and we are still awaiting results. I […]
A Need for Wildness
Light shatters on a blanket of newly fallen snow. Soft powder that sinks, envelopes, and consumes. Snow that reveals the slightest touch of a feather and conceals the sharpest crag […]
Snapshots
To reflect the short local adventures we’ve all shifted to, I decided to write a compilation of little moments. I went back through my calendar and put together a few […]
The Mountains Called, they said “Stay Home”
Sometimes to protect the places we love, the best thing we can do is let them be.