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The Trail as a Teacher: Lessons You Only Learn When Plans Fall Apart
A reflective essay on hiking when plans fall apart, exploring missed summits, unexpected challenges, and how the trail becomes a powerful teacher of patience, humility, and adaptability through lived experience and a Hermetic lens.
A Quiet Christmas at the Edge of the Year
Christmas arrives quietly if you let it. Not as a performance. Not as a checklist. But as a pause. A […]
The Return of the Pen
For a long time the words lay dormant inside Lila, curled deep in the quiet of her mind like seeds […]
The Return to Herself
The pain arrived like an unexpected storm, a sharp and merciless strike across Lila’s lower back that stole her breath […]
A Sunday Under the Covers With Pongo
Today has been one of those soft, quiet days where the world slows down just enough to remind you what […]
The Art of Slow Travel: Staying Long Enough to Belong
This post explores the beauty of slowing down and truly settling into a place while traveling. It reflects on how staying longer allows you to notice subtle details, connect with locals, and understand the deeper rhythms of a landscape and culture. Rather than rushing through destinations, slow travel invites a sense of belonging and a more meaningful relationship with the world.
Microdosing the Wilderness: How Small Adventures Keep the Soul Alive
A reflection on how small, everyday encounters with nature can nourish the spirit. This piece explores the power of short trails, familiar paths, and quiet moments outdoors to restore presence, ease the mind, and keep the wilderness alive in daily life.
Hiking as Pilgrimage: How the Trail Becomes a Teacher
A reflection on how hiking becomes a form of pilgrimage and personal transformation. This piece explores how walking the same trails over time mirrors emotional and spiritual growth, offering lessons in healing, renewal, and self discovery through the wisdom of the landscape.
The Window or the Trail?
There’s a truth hikers know in their bones: you don’t really meet a place through a pane of glass. Sitting […]
From Hopeless to Healing: My Journey Through a Herniated Disc
I never realized how much a herniated disc could change my life until it happened. The pain was relentless — […]
Finding the World on Foot: Why Travel Starts with a Trail
When most people imagine travel, they think of airports, big cities, or bucket-list landmarks. I’ve learned that some of the […]
Andy's walks in the world 