Welcome!
My name’s Matt, and I love to write and hike. I’m the author of 4000s by 40 and am currently working on book two. When I’m not working on that, I come here to share tales from the trail, reflections on the writing process, and whatever else I’m exploring at the moment.
If you’ve got a moment, check out the latest posts and drop a comment if something rings true for you. Whether you’re a hiker, a writer, or just someone who loves a good story, I hope you find something here that resonates as you pursue your own discoveries.
What’s New
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Pawtuckaway Not Faraway
If you don’t have time to head further north into the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Pawtuckaway State Park may fit the bill for you. I haven’t been to the campsite area, but yesterday I made my fourth visit to the park (that I can recall), in order to get out for a little trail…
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Explore Where You’re At
We all want to see something new. Learn something new. Experience something new. Too often, though, we assign those discoveries to far-off places. A vacation in another state or country. A show in the city. A mountain that takes all day to reach. There’s simply not enough time in the week, or the year, to…
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You Can’t Run ‘Em All
Yesterday I went exploring some new trails after spending some time on the tried-and-true the day before. They were a short set of trails, and when I looked at the map for Converse Woods, I thought, why not hike them all? I figured with less than two miles to explore, I could familiarize myself with…
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Go Where Others Don’t
Robert Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken has been heralded and used as motivation for independent endeavors for over one hundred years now. Its last three lines are poetry legend: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”