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The Social Circle

Musings from the trails

The Third Place

Humans Gathered In Community There was a time when community didn’t need planning. It lived in the spaces between things. Before you even stepped into your grandparents’ house , you would find it on t...

May 6, 2026

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The Red String Theory

Red strings passing through a thread There’s an old Chinese belief that the people who are meant to meet are connected by an invisible red string. It is said to be tied around the finger at birth, str...

Feb 26, 2026

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The Age of Extremes

There is a particular kind of fatigue that comes from living in historic times. Wars are unfolding in real time on our phones, accompanied by trending songs on Tiktok. Elections feel less like civic p...

Feb 18, 2026

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Hiking Levels Demystified - Outdoorer Style

(So you actually know what you’re signing up for😉) Let’s be honest. “Beginner”, “Intermediate”, “Advanced” sounds clear… until you’re halfway up a hill wondering who lied to you. And maybe you’ve wond...

Feb 11, 2026

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Things No One Tells You About Hiking With Strangers

No one tells you that hiking with strangers starts with a very specific kind of social theatre. You arrive early, pretend you’re not scanning everyone’s shoes, and silently deciding who looks like the...

Jan 29, 2026

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You're Not Late!

January has a way of asking questions we didn’t plan to answer, huh?Not loudly or even ceremoniously, but in the quiet moments between tasks, when the year is still young and already heavy with expect...

Jan 21, 2026

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Episode 5: The Conversation - An Ode to Community

Previous Next There’s a kind of quiet that exists only when you’re surrounded by people who feel like home. Not the kind of silence that asks to be filled, but the one that says, “You can rest here.” ...

Dec 3, 2025

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Episode 4: The Conversation: When the Trail Starts Talking Back

The trail has a personality. Don’t let the silence fool you. It’s observant, watching how you show up, how loudly your shoes crunch when you’re still trying to prove something. At the start, it sizes ...

Nov 28, 2025

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Episode 3: The First Step: Why Getting Started Is the Hardest Part

Every journey begins the same way, with hesitation. That quiet moment before a decision when everything in the mind negotiates comfort. The bed is warm, the week was long, the thought of a 5:00a.m. me...

Nov 19, 2025

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Episode 2: The Art of Slowing Down

It starts the same way most mornings do, a screen lights up before the sun does. The phone vibrates; the mind scrolls before the body even stirs. Somewhere between unread emails and meeting reminders,...

Nov 12, 2025

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Episode 1: Why We Keep Walking

No one ever really walks the same trail twice. The path might look familiar, the same rocky turn, the same patch of mist curling through the forest, but something within us always shifts. The trail is...

Nov 5, 2025

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