Stories tagged “hiking”

  • The Test Of Trees

    Drove far past where the roads turned to gravel, then dirt. Parked by a tall tree with bright leaves, flanked by a twisted spruce with dead red needles. Put one mountain peak at my back, a beckoning finger raised, and mark another in the distance. A sh...

  • In Between Minds: Reverberations

    Walking was far from my favorite activity, it left me too much time to think about myself. At the time boredom was my greatest enemy. While I mechanically paralleled the tracks hoping that the next train would come soon, I poked, prodded and did tests ...

  • Sometimes I

    Sometimes I find, in the back of my mind, a little place to hide. The autumn sun hung low in the sky, making David squint as he walked. He had no idea why he was walking and no idea where. There was nowhere to return to, so he kept putting one foot in ...