Archive for February, 2008
February 28, 2008
I am not sure in what order to list these events in my life. I know that I want to write about the winter camping trip I took last week. But right now there is something more important to me that is on my mind.
I am actually living alone in this home . I [...]
Categories: Appalachian Trail, hiking
Tags: Appalachian Trail, Maine, travel
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February 18, 2008
I have to pass on this article that was printed in a recent NY Times Business section. It is entitled My Cortex Made Me Buy It.It is a must read for all of us that strive to place a smaller footprint of consumption on this earth . Basically the research is now there to prove [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: buying things, advertizing, consumables
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February 18, 2008
I am into a fresh appreciation for walking outside again. My friend Clarkie came up from Portsmouth, NH for Friday night and Saturday morning as part of a visit where we went to see the Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile at the Strand in Rockland. If you like music that is [...]
Categories: Appalachian Trail, Maine, Outdoors, Snowshoeing, hiking
Tags: Maine, Snowshoeing, winter
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February 15, 2008
I spent more money in 5 minutes after hitting the street in New Orleans than I did in my whole 5 days at Disneyworld a couple of weeks ago. A twenty ounce Margarita and pulled pork sandwich purchased from a sidewalk take-out stand set me back $15. With food and drink in hand, I [...]
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February 15, 2008
Hiking the Appalachian Trail has left me with a set of narrow skills that surprises me, no matter where I might be. Last night found me really hungry, but with no time to find even a fast food restaurant, due to my back-to-back schedule of paid workshops here at the National Association of School Psychologists [...]
Categories: Appalachian Trail
Tags: AT, Transcendental meditation
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February 1, 2008
hits me and I want to tell everybody about it. This time it is not my idea, but most of the great ideas I entertain are not generated here at 290 High St. I am grateful for a gift subscription to The Sun that was sent me by my friend Petro. [...]
Categories: Appalachian Trail, Backpacking, Camping, Maine, Outdoors, hiking
Tags: AT, sadness, The Sun
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February 1, 2008
There was a mistake in today’s New York Times. The town of Kingfield, ME was profiled in the Havens section, page D5. And, by the way, the sleepy hamlet of Kingfield, Maine will no longer be a “… good little secret.”
I won’t bother to send in the correction about the Trail. The article states that [...]
Categories: Appalachian Trail, Camping, Maine, Outdoors, hiking
Tags: hiking, Maine, trails
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