Looking forward to doing some more climbing in the weeks to come, and it’s got me thinking about all of the tools that have helped me get back here. One of them came from a book my brother-in-law recommended to me a while back. We seem to have a kindred curiosity about all things—climbing, nature,…
Author: Matt Larson
With my first book, 4000s by 40, released this fall, I am fulfilling a lifelong dream of writing, and am excited to continue the journey of storytelling with future projects—so much so that the day after I published 4000s by 40, I began my next work.
Much of my inspiration comes from nature. My early love for the ocean, found on the South Shore of Massachusetts, has transitioned into a deep passion for the mountains here in New Hampshire, and I wanted to share that with my first book.
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A Window for Bald Peak
On Saturday I found myself in that odd scenario where the kids and wife are all off doing their own thing, and I have an afternoon to kill. So, after taking care of a few work items that carried over from Friday, I got the urge to expend some energy in the only place that…
I Am the Woods
I can’t tell you how many times
he passed by it,
going about
the business of the day.
As if his business
was business,
and not school,
or the words he wished to say.
Kicking up the gravel
leading in,
he’d offer a nod to
big ideas and town works,
But never took the bait
to explore
the corners
where panaceas lurk.
That is, until,
he heard the thrum of the crickets.
That gentle whirring
in the summer heat.
Peak Life
There’s a new expression going around lately that I find a bit jarring. The first time I heard it was when my kids and I were looking at old pictures of them, and one of them said, “That was peak life, right there.” The insinuation was that those were the good ol’ days. The days…