Category Archives: Quaker on the Trail

All photos from the Road 24 to Road 23 section of the WA PCT–all dappled and green and gold and gorgeous as I treaded along in the late afternoon, moved with this song in my heart.

From Wordsworth, “Resolution and Independence”: II All things that love the sun are out of doors;The sky rejoices in the morning’s birth;The grass is bright with rain-drops;–on the moorsThe hare is running races in her mirth;And with her feet she from the plashy earthRaises a mist, that, glittering in the sun,Runs with her all theContinue reading “Even Such a Happy Child of Earth Am I”

Kurt–an astro-engineer (working for a very recognizable national agency) played us this song based on the work of Thomas Merton. Who knew–hanging out in a small town on Memorial Day–that we’d run into grace?

Mayor Max and his assistant made an impromptu visit to our motel in Idyllwild. The Mayor, while seemingly focused on a bag of biscuits held off screen, conveyed the following message: https://youtu.be/mYmhrG_HKvo

In the Light Somewhere around the second week of hiking it occurred to me that I could hold ‘Meeting’ by myself on the trail, and that it didn’t have to be on Sunday. Going down Fuller Ridge (on a Monday, mind you), I opened my heart to the voice of Spirit/God and immediately felt thatContinue reading “Quaker On The Trail”

As befitting my usual multi-layered approach to life, in addition to hiking the PCT and sabbatical research I am also beginning a term as ‘Knitting Us Together Traveling Friend” as designated the North Pacific Yearly Meeting’s Outreach and Visitation Committee. I am intended to visit Meetings in Montana in 2021-2022, but thought I’d incorporate myContinue reading “Quaker on the Trail”