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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Our Place in the Woods
We need this, don’t we? This place only we seem to know about. Where we can quickly find some peace whenever we go out. A path with no cause to make us worry about who we might see. With no care for where we are going or how we need to be.
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Getting Pooped On
After dropping one son off for his Pan-Mass ride this past weekend, I headed towards another son who had a baseball tournament all weekend in Northborough, Massachusetts. On Sunday, the weather was beautiful, and I was really looking forward to watching some baseball as I approached the field. It was the kind of day that…
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Inspiration Is All Around Us: Takeaways From the Pan-Mass Challenge
I wasn’t riding in the Pan-Mass this weekend. I was only there for my son, who was riding the entire 192-mile route from Sturbridge to Provincetown. It was his first time doing the full ride, and we woke at 3:30am at a hotel in Worcester to get him to the start on time. My wife…
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Rediscovering the Cape
I’ve been away a long time. Even though I got married down here, there’s always been a lot I haven’t liked about the Cape. Mainly, the traffic. But I’ve also never been much of a beach guy. Until maybe… now? Friends of ours rent a house down here every year, and we had the good…