{"id":429,"date":"2014-02-01T14:45:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T19:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattsteffen.com\/?p=429"},"modified":"2016-08-07T17:03:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T21:03:27","slug":"emerging-themes-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattsteffen.com\/emerging-themes-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"emerging themes, pt 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spend a lot of time in the woods. \u00a0Childhood was climbing trees, exploring fields, and catching snakes and crawdads in the creek before suburbia swallowed it all up. \u00a0While I now reside in the city, I’m lucky to be a few minutes drive from a trail and can be in the thick of it within an hour. \u00a0I’m less interested in the challenges or chest thumping of it all. \u00a0I guess I just find it completely relaxing for reasons that don’t really matter to me. \u00a0The weight just seems to lift off when my tires hit the gravel.<\/p>\n

Part 2 of my Emerging Themes<\/a> series is about the trails. \u00a0What started as a visual documenting of where I’d been (and a clue for me to find my way back out) has now become a habit, apparently. \u00a0The white diamonds of the Red River Gorge, the turtle of the Sheltowee Trace, or an afternoon with the White Blaze of the A.T. – trail markers can be a welcome sight when the path is less obvious.<\/p>\n

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