Philosophy
The why behind the what.
- Our Work Goals & Vision - Our dreams and plans to do more than just put food on the table.
- Outdoors Built-in - Going against the flow to live the life you want is a white-knuckle adventure.
- Food Culture - Observations on the differences in food culture between Quebec and Maine.
- Dealing with Naysayers & Negativity - Understanding why people are negative about new or different ideas and how to deal with that.
- What is Work? - Looking at work and income earning from a different perspective.
- Your Best Backpacking Partner Might be Closer than You Think - Why don't more women go backpacking with their husbands?
- Letting Go of One Dream to Follow Another - Moving forward sometimes means letting go, and that's ok.
- Walking the Same Path - Three practical things we've done to stay on the same trail in our marriage.
- When Lightening-Up Moves Beyond the Backpack - How lightweight backpacking philosophy has spilled over into other areas of our life.
- Wrought in Fire - We grow character by living adventurously and moving out of our comfort zones.
- Country Kids - City Kids - We like the city but we love the woods.
- It's All About the Journey - Lessons learned from a curvy road.
- Inspired Living - If we really want to affect positive change in this world, we need to do it by example, not just with words.
- Hike Your Own Hike - A book review on a definitive guide to squeezing the most out of life.
- Hit the Reset Button - Our weekly hike is like hitting the reset button on our life, bringing us back to center.
- Hiking for the Holidays - Let's make the holidays less about shopping about more about being active together.
- Reentry - Coming Home from the Tetons - I spent a week in the tetons and returned home changed in some incalculable way.
- Being Intentional About Activity - Focusing our time, money, and energy on family-oriented endeavors.
- Loving This Man Means Loving Adventure - I love this man so much and if what he wants is to walk with him (literally) up mountains, why wouldn't I?
- Rethinking Everything: A Move Towards Integrated Living - We want to live our life with purpose and have all the facets of our life work in harmony towards that purpose.
- One day a Week, a Homemaker's Perspective - What I do to make one day a week happen in our life.
- One Day A Week - Time together outdoors every week.
- Going Light - Seven reasons we go light.
- Disconnect - When we pull-out of our protected environment something interesting happens: we begin to feel things again.
- Last Child in the Woods and catching frogs at the farm
- Saving the best for last
- The Path Less Traveled
- Easter Bunny scat, not your usual trail find
- Don't Underestimate the Capabilities of Kids - Family is not a liability.
- Let's Talk About The Weather - Why does it always have to be in the negative context?
- Life on The Edge - Using a straight razor.