At a class IV Rapid on the Connecticut River during my Source to Sea Paddle

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  • Old vs. New

    May 8 2021 By Mary Anderson I was looking at the bottoms of my hiking boots from last summer’s 1500 mile hike to see if I really needed new ones. I compared them to a new pair in the store. Yep. It was pretty obvious. The old ones did not have another 1500 miles left…

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  • Writing and Life

    April 30, 2021 By Mary Anderson Today is another day when I have been thinking about the confluence of writing and life. I have been all over the map emotionally, swinging from fear, pain and disconnect, to love, connection and power. I thought of how a wise writer told me to write it all down…

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  • Mountain Perspectives

    April 29, 202`1 By Mary Anderson I’ve been thinking about perspective in writing a lot lately. Today I had this perspective on life. I had a 40 mile bike ride to get home. Half of that was in the rain. I’ve always hated riding in the rain. By the time I got home my hands…

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  • Musing on the Writing Desert

    April 28 2021 The last week or two have been a bit of a writing desert for me, or so I thought. Today, while in the midst of a writing frenzy, wanting to pour words onto the page, I realized that perhaps I don’t need to beat myself up when the words aren’t being written…

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