Hiking

“There’s nothing…like the smell…of hot forest.”

-Me, often, because it’s true

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“As often as I can, I am on the trail: exploring new trails and expanding my sense of community, each trail’s ecosystem feeling like a new friend; and returning to trails that have left an impression on me, each visit like a reunion with old friends. I have come to recognize that I do not just ‘love’ hiking or ‘love’ these places, either in the sense of intense enjoyment or responsive care, even if these trails do give me pleasure or motivate me to consider my responsibility to protect and nurture these spaces. It feels more fitting to say that I have fallen in love with these places. I want to be with them. I want them to flourish….I have come to need them.” (Matt in Spiritus, Fall 2023)