Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me
Leading wherever I choose

— Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road

Welcome to my blog!  My purpose is to develop content for articles and books, practice my writing skills, and discover what interests people through their comments.  If you follow me, we’ll go on adventures, some long, some short, some fast, some slow, some on foot, some back in time, some in other directions, wherever the path beckons.

For more on the history of the Long Brown Path, read the introductory post

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Published articles and books:

Running The Long Path:  A 350-mile Journey of Discovery in New York’s Hudson Valley is now available on Amazon, and hard copies can be ordered from the publisher.

Stalking the Black Swan:  Research and Decision-making in a World of Extreme Volatility

Running the Shawangunk Ridge Trail: Who Needs a Marked Course?

Running the 292-mile Badwater Double: Lessons Learned

Thru-running New York’s Long Path

My Journey to Badwater: What We Don’t Do for our Kids