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 doing that, I come here to share tales from the trail, reflections on the writing process, and explore hidden truths.
Whether you’re a hiker, a writer, or just someone trying to figure out their own next step, I hope this site encourages you to keep getting outside, keep exploring, and keep making new discoveries. I suppose this place serves as a very public reminder to myself that I need to keep doing the same.
Enjoy it out there!
What’s New
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Bridging the Pond with The Getaway People
It was 1998 and I was a college senior at BC. Guster was performing, and opening for them was a relatively new band called The Getaway People. Both bands put on a great show, and when it was all over, some of our roommates who were working the show asked the bands if they’d like…
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Grounding for Your Health
Every once in a while, someone asks me about how it is that I’ve been able to reclaim my health after eight years of struggle. What was the magic bullet that brought you back? What was the secret sauce? There has to be a simple answer, right? Sometimes these questions come while standing on the…
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Posting Before It’s Done
Sometimes I post something that’s not really complete. I’ve probably edited it a few times, and if I wanted to I could wait another week to refine it, but I’m trying to practice movement. Not just with my body, but my writing. To not let something get stagnant and wait for the day when it’s…
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Still Learning Lessons on Mount Tecumseh
I had an idea. I’m not saying it was a good one, or a well-thought-out one, but it had all the desire in the world to be something memorable. It was the kind of idea whose origin comes from a place deep within the roots of who you are, but time does its damndest to…