3Brennan Falls, NH
2 miles Easy Located just north of Francestown, Brennan Falls is a modest 20-foot waterfall that puts on a spectacular show during high-water events.
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Pic: Dec 7 24
Good day!
Sunrise remains over an hour away, but I can see theres enough snow outside to have covered the grass.
Something inside, some inner barometer, says a change in our local weather has occurred & winter has finally arrived.
Be everwell.
Ganz nach dem gestern schon geposteten Motto ist war ich heute zum beim und wurde vom neuen Jahr mit viel Sonne begrt
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Good day & Happy New Year!
My 2024 hiking year by the numbers. This doesnt include my daily walk.
Hikes: 24
Distance: 162.1 miles (260.9K)
Altitude gain: 24,354 feet (7,423.1m)
Most ambitious Mitten Mtn (summit pics). It was 14.1 miles (22.7K) to the top.
Be everwell.
Mit diesen beiden vom 2024 wnsche ich allen Fedibikern und dem restlichen einen - aber nur ins 2025 und nicht mit dem Bike ist
31.12.2024: oberhalb vom
Dramatic sunset just off the Tunxis Trail. Near New Britain Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 8, 2020, 7:10 PM.
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Good day!
Congratulations, weve reached years end, coming full circle & discovering weve ended up in a different place.
The new year will bring, as it always does, the expected & unexpected.
My greatest hope rests in what I dont yet know exists.
Be everwell.
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Good day!
Jimmy Carter passed yesterday, an era of honor dying as an error of dishonor begins.
If only it wasnt true.
After working around the holiday, I finished my novella. Ill now edit Book3.
Our snow arrived as rain, the weather more like early November.
Be everwell.
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Our most anticipated trip of the year is always Big Bend Ranch State Park. My favorite playground. So many to explore whether it is along the easily accessible outside of Big Bend Ranch or within the rugged interior. Full story on my corner.
Walt's Corner Big Bend Ranch State Park 2024 Vista Del Bofecillos
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Good day!
Maybe, in the end, what glaciers carved wasnt valleys, but doorways inviting us to wonder, to explore.
When nature turns on a light to lead us, it has an entirely different meaning.
Nature thinks big, or it thinks small in a big way.
Be everwell.
Look closely. A single clump of sedge center foreground. The marsh gets its first new green as springtime begins, Marino Pond, Plymouth, Connecticut. April 9, 2021, 7:15 PM.
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*pic: sunrise on Christmas
Good day!
Last night, we received more of the snow they forecasted. Invisible snow, otherwise known as rain.
My travels over the holiday drained me, but I feel more human this morning. I couldve slept all day.
A walk, writing, & cleaning await.
Be everwell.
Old woods road in autumn. Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 27, 2022, 3:26 PM.
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Good day!
*pic: South end of the Mission Mtns. I was shocked. Theyd normally be solid white, except where theres vertical rock.
Im settling back in & had a great writing day yesterday after I returned.
Ill walk this morning, then push nearer to the novellas end.
Be everwell.
Index card
New Haven and Long Island Sound in the slanting sunlight of a late November afternoon. View from the Giant's Right Leg, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. November 29, 2024, 2:59 PM.
5The Kofel, Oberammergau, Germany
3 miles Moderate The Kofel is a distinctive Bavarian Alps peak, 90km south of Munich. The unique trail terrain leads to the summit and offers spectacular panoramic views of the quaint town of Oberammergau below.
After the ice storm. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. February 6, 2021, 4:31 PM.
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Good day!
May you all enjoy this day no matter your convictions. I celebrate Christmas, despite leaving the faith I was born into.
On Ontyre, my fictional world, this would be Beneva Day, the magic real.
May our ability to find peace be real. May we never stop trying.
Be everwell.
Fire on the mountain sunset, version 2, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. December 19, 2024, 4:42 PM. For those familiar with the Giant, version 1 posted last week was from the Red Triangle Trail just above its junction with the Violet Trail. This one was taken 5 minutes later walking west along the Violet.
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Good day!
Christmas begins my favorite, quiet week of the year.
At last, wrapping is behind me, as is baking.
My gratitude to all of you who help keep me sane, entertained, inspired, & connected to a slice of humanity that gives me hope.
Be everwell.
Fire and smoke. Gray and orange early spring sunset, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. April 13, 2021, 7:30 PM.
Gnarled tree trunk, Finch Brook Preserve, Wolcott, Connecticut. November 7, 2019, 4:03 PM.
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Good day!
The main trails within the city are paved. Come cold weather, they used to spread coarse sand. No more, apparently.
Now, I walk beside the pavement & warn everyone about the black ice.
It would seem that Im blazing my own trail.
Im OK with that.
Be everwell.
Rising sun greets a beautiful spring day at Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. April 6, 2021, 7:29 AM
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*pic: Dec 7 24
Good day!
Like hurrying down a mountain to beat the sunset, writing always feels like I dont have enough time. It comes with age, I think.
And too many stories.
Time, we can use it, we can waste it, but we can never save it.
Be everwell.
Abstract ice sculptures, Mattatuck Trail, Mad River ravine, Wolcott, Connecticut. January 18, 2019, 4:44 PM.
5 Best Hikes NH White Mountains
A celebrated playground for hikers & mountaineers of all levels of skill and ambition. We link to some excellent trails, reviews & free maps.
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*pic: Dec 6 24
Good day!
A study in frost while globally warmed autumn refuses to surrender to winter.
If not for holiday prep, I could hike.
The narrative I wrote has paid off. After, drafting switched into overdrive. My fingers couldnt keep up.
Be everwell.
Trying to get more trail rides in before it gets too cold!
Fire on the mountain sunset, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. December 19, 2024, 4:37 PM.
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Good day!
Were supposed to be 14F (4.4C) above averageagain, our theme this year.
Ive only turned on my heat a handful of times.
I should know better than to have a weak writing plan, even for a novella. Im halfway to fixing that. It feels great!
Be everwell.
Heads down catching up on old projects, but had to share one from almost exactly a year ago: Pillar Rock viewed between the bluffs just north of Cape Meares on the Central Oregon coast, west of Tillamook. I'm thinking this cove must have a name anyone know
5 Best Hikes of NH Great North Woods
We've only begun to explore this area north of the NH White Mountains and have already found trails that we'd like to share with you. Let us know what we're still missing (eg Magalloway)!
Make an Art TrailPink and purple sunset over Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut on August 21, 2021 at 7:41 PM.
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Good day!
*The Bitterroot Valley in the distance.
Our nights are well below freezing, but our days remainas has been the case all yearwell above average.
Meanwhile, given the season, I have too much going on.
Slow breaths calm racing thoughts.
Be everwell.