Sep
28
Why We Run: A Natural History by Bernd Heinrich
September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I have just read Bernd Heinrich’s Why We Run: A Natural History, a partly biographical exploration of running physiology based on studies of various organisms, evolution, and exercise biochemistry. Dr. Heinrich is a Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Vermont and is an accomplished ultra-distance marathoner in his own right. In 1984 he [...]
Sep
18
Hiking A Knuckle: The South Hills of Antigua
September 18, 2007 | 1 Comment
Sunday found myself and a friend Tom driving his old windowless red van south towards Jolly Harbour, where in Jennings Village we explored a few dirt roads before deciding on one that took us to a high pasture near a razor-wired compound. Skirting the compound, we walked down into a small valley pasture with an [...]
Sep
9
Plantain and Mullein Uses
September 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Plantain, a native of Europe, was brought by the colonialists and is now dispersed throughout the world. A common sight in developed areas as well as wildlands, it is a veritable medicine cabinet and can be used in a pinch for everything from an open wound to a green salad. Plantain is a stiptic, and [...]
Sep
6
Trout Fishing on the New River, NC
September 6, 2007 | 1 Comment
Last Friday my family and I made it out to our mountain cabin in West Jefferson, NC. On Saturday morning, we drove down on switchback roads through a heavy forty one hundred foot mist out to a Methodist campground on the New River, where we spent the day fishing, eating, and playing horseshoes with family [...]
