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 you have an experience to share or 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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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.”
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Bears, Hunters, Hornets, Oh My!
It’s been an unusually active bear season this year, so when I arrived at the Spring Road Trailhead for Pond Parish today—a trail I’ve probably hiked over a hundred times—I had a brief thought that maybe today is the day I run into a bear. Mind you, I’ve never seen one out there, but I…
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Sun and Thunder
I was high up on the trail when I heard it. An earthquake in the heavens. Too far away to pin the source, still fearful of the levins. Wondering which way the change, I waited for the breeze, while hoping for some daylight embedded in the trees. But it was taking too longto see if…