-Forest- Because the family slept the night at Hoh Campground (or dozed fitfully, in Astrid’s case), they didn’t have to wait in a long car line to get into this part of Olympic National Park, and after packing up camp, they simply walked to the first trailhead of the day. In her more fashion-conscious past,Continue reading “WA: Forests and Oceans and Beaches and Mountaintops”
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WA: A Most Cozy Place, and Mist into Rain
Astrid and her family started to understand their mistake, when, on their way out of Mt. Rainier National Park for lunch, they passed car after car after car waiting in the line–at least a mile long–to get into the park. So they weren’t surprised after lunch, as they made their way back, to find theContinue reading “WA: A Most Cozy Place, and Mist into Rain”
WA: Astrid Meets a Mountain
“It would not have been wrong if a dragon or some mythical creature swooped out of the hazy silver curtains.”
WA: Into the Ever Green
“That was the longest 4 hours of my life, recently,” Astrid remarked on getting off the plane in Seattle, Washington. It was not a good airplane flying day, she was slightly nauseous the whole time–probably because of her bifocals. It was the price she paid for wanting to see far away and read without changingContinue reading “WA: Into the Ever Green”
Writing From the Side of a Mountain
Prelude to WA: Climbing Mountains “You may be a little cold some nights on mountain tops above the timber line, but you will see the stars and by and by you can sleep enough in your town bed, or at least in your grave. – John Muir, “Yellowstone, North Dakota” an essay in Wilderness EssaysContinue reading “Writing From the Side of a Mountain”
Beautiful Nothing
This blog entry was published on July 28, 2011, on AJ Tanek’s Blogspot Blog. On the morning of our second day in Nevada, my husband, son and I left the glittering replicas and showy sin of Las Vegas and drove to Hoover Dam. There we spent a few hours paying homage to that extraordinary feat ofContinue reading “Beautiful Nothing”
Why Write
I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say. Flannery O’Connor My* Because I saw a bulletin board titled, “My Why”, which showcased all the reasons why the employees in the building did what they did. After overthinking it a few hours, I thought, “Shouldn’t it be, ‘My Because?’’’Continue reading “Why Write”
Out of Myself I Go: Prologue
Theodore Roosevelt National Park “ ‘Out of my country and myself I go*’. I wish to take a dive among new conditions for a while, as into another element. I have nothing to do with my friends or my affections for the time; when I came away, I left my heart at home in aContinue reading “Out of Myself I Go: Prologue”
The Differences
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 The next morning, AJ sat at the desk jotting down details onto her notebook, details which, after sleep and a hot shower, trickled back to her mind, ran up to the present, then to the future to cover the day\’s planned activity: leaving. It would be a long flight back filled with theContinue reading “The Differences”
Ponder the Path of Your Feet
April 1, 2016 The morning came slowly to the Eastern Standard Time Zone family as they soaked up sleep confusedly to wake at 6 AM Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time. Showers, breakfast, and imperfect preparations filled the hours before their first Hawaii beach experience. AJ collected water bottles, Agenda, maps and sunblock and stuffed them in herContinue reading “Ponder the Path of Your Feet”
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