Everyone wants to find metaphors in the seasons, to twist the passage of time to make meaning of life. The cycles of growth and decay, as...

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." -- Closing Time by Semisonic Dusk v. Dawn by Christine Reed I’ve always been...

This is a collection about the highs and lows of exploring new and familiar places. There is always something new to be found in the...

a Rugged Outdoors Woman Writing Group Collection The more I've traveled within the US in the past 5 years, the more I realize just how...

I started hiking solo because I didn’t have any other choice. I didn’t know anybody who backpacked. I didn’t get the idea from friends or...

We often make fun of conversations about the weather as being shallow-- small-talk. But inevitably when the Rugged Outdoors Women Write...