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Posted by Mark Jenkins | Jul 15, 2014 | Outdoors, Running |
Running is a form of mental illness. If the bumper sticker diagnosis is true, I was certifiable on Saturday. Why else would I trade a chance to sleep in on vacation–on my anniversary, no less–to get up at day break...
Read MorePosted by Mark Jenkins | Jul 9, 2014 | Outdoors |
I am a waterfall junkie. Give me a place where the current gushes into a pool below and I will drive and hike miles and miles to swim like a giddy otter. So when the summer trip was heading to Texas to see the wife’s fam,...
Read MorePosted by Mark Jenkins | Jun 30, 2014 | Education and Philosophy, Yoga |
Graduation makes me smile so hard, so genuinely, that my face cramps up. One last time to see my former students, now fulfilling the promise of their work, one last time to see them off, one last time to beam in pride. ...
Read MorePosted by Mark Jenkins | Jun 23, 2014 | A Musing on the Mundane, Outdoors |
Highway 64 snakes a serpentine path out of Brevard through the North Carolina mountains. Many of my most beautiful hiking memories have come via travel down this winding road. But this year has been a tough one for me and 64. ...
Read MorePosted by Mark Jenkins | Jun 15, 2014 | Outdoors |
Erick’s head poked through the blue folds of the tent. “Come out here, chicos. I want to show you something.” Outside the tent, while the nine of us had been sipping coca tea and getting to know each other, the...
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