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Stories from the Trail: Field Notes on Moving through the Wild
Stories from the Trail is a collection of writing about wayfinding, specifically, hiking–what a walk (or roll, depending on the ambulatory needs of the hiker) through the woods, across a prairie, over a desert, or up a mountain has to offer in terms of reflections, hard-earned lessons, and stories. These are essays about and poetic interpretations of specific experiences out on the trail, hiking as a lifestyle choice, and reflections that bring to light how time moving through the natural world has added to each writer’s life – and thus their contribution to the world – for good.
Some of the authors in these pages didn’t discover hiking until later in life, some grew up on the trails, and some have had to change how they interact with moving through the outdoors. But no matter how they traverse the trails, or when they discovered that doing so was important to life, what they share is a love for navigating nature on their own terms. Whether it's hiking through New York City into the wild, or traversing the backcountry trails of Sweden, or reclaiming a place in the wild after some time away, may these essays inspire you to keep going outside and creating your own stories from the trail.
Some of the authors in these pages didn’t discover hiking until later in life, some grew up on the trails, and some have had to change how they interact with moving through the outdoors. But no matter how they traverse the trails, or when they discovered that doing so was important to life, what they share is a love for navigating nature on their own terms. Whether it's hiking through New York City into the wild, or traversing the backcountry trails of Sweden, or reclaiming a place in the wild after some time away, may these essays inspire you to keep going outside and creating your own stories from the trail.
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225 pages, Paperback
Published August 20, 2024
About the author
Heidi Barr
15 books68 followersHeidi Barr lives near the St. Croix River Valley in Minnesota with her husband and daughter where they tend a large organic vegetable garden, explore nature and do their best to live simply.
As a mother, spouse, gardener, and writer, she is committed to cultivating ways of being that are life-giving and sustainable for people, communities and the planet. She loves putting words together to paint pictures of ideas, as well as walking with others as they explore what it means to live well on a finite planet. Hiking through forests and across prairies, wading in streams, digging in the soil and surrounding herself with natural wonder help her stay grounded in reality.
As a mother, spouse, gardener, and writer, she is committed to cultivating ways of being that are life-giving and sustainable for people, communities and the planet. She loves putting words together to paint pictures of ideas, as well as walking with others as they explore what it means to live well on a finite planet. Hiking through forests and across prairies, wading in streams, digging in the soil and surrounding herself with natural wonder help her stay grounded in reality.
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September 26, 2024
Give me more! Please let this be the first year for an annual edition.
I found myself nodding my head in agreement with some of the passages. In some paragraphs I highlighted where the author seemed to drop me in the woods with their descriptions. I can revisit these places and spaces any time now.
Highly recommend!
I found myself nodding my head in agreement with some of the passages. In some paragraphs I highlighted where the author seemed to drop me in the woods with their descriptions. I can revisit these places and spaces any time now.
Highly recommend!
February 19, 2026
Inspirational!
March 15, 2026
Love all short stories about connections to hiking and the land.
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