Because I can…
Every Monday and Wednesday, TiAna and I get together for a lunch bitch session. We talk about our classes, our significant others, our families, our lives in general. Lately, though, […]
The hunt for gear
To make sure that I kept this promise to myself, and to spread the cost of gear over a longer period, I’ve started buying my gear. First, the tent. The […]
Good advice from Badger
No joke, I’ve probably read 3 dozen books about the AT. I started with A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. And after 3 dozen books, Bryson’s is still […]
Ten Years of Dreaming
Around ten years ago, I discovered the Appalachian Trail and started daydreaming that I could walk it. A movie, a documentary really, called 2000 Miles to Maine is what got […]
Lighthouses are my Heroes
The picture below is a photograph of a French lighthouse off the coast of Brittany. The photographer, Jean Guichard, is brilliant. Many moons ago, in another lifetime, this print hung […]
Who I am today is not who I want to be tomorrow.
Today, I am many things, none of them too nice. Today I am fat. I weigh 285 pounds. Today, I have high cholesterol. Today, I have Bipolar Disorder II and […]
What a difference
a few years makes. When I graduated High School, I wanted to set the world on fire! I was so gung-ho to do something IMPORTANT.. and I failed miserably. But […]
That one proud moment
One of the proudest moments of my life has to have been the day I turned in my Master’s Thesis. All through grad school, I would keep myself motivated by […]
Gypsy Girl
Let me introduce myself. My name is April Flowers. My list of identifiers is five miles long: mother, teacher, journalist, blogger, board gamer, geek. Probably my favorite, though, is gypsy. […]
Visible Echoes 