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Earth Matters : Alone in the wilderness: A case against radical self-reliance

by Monya Relles

On July 14, 2024, I got on a train headed from Albany, NY to Charlottesville, VA. Then I endeavored to walk home. I followed the Appalachian trail for two months and approximately six-hundred and fifty miles. I carried around forty-five pounds of stuff, ate about a pound of ibuprofen, seriously considered quitting nearly seven times, and used up well over a foot of blister tape. The walk was challenging, ordinary, and devastatingly beautiful at turns and I enjoyed it very much.

Earth Matters : By any other name: Finding the fun in Latin taxonomy

By Rachel Quimby for the Gazette October 4, 2024 Shortly after we moved into our new (old) house in Holyoke, I noticed a shrub in our neighbor’s yard. It was […]