Hannah Goodman

On day 54 of my thru hike I left the desert section and began the ascent into the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The terrain slowly changed from the barren landscape I had been hiking through for the last 700 miles to a rocky forest trail until finally I reached the first patch of the snow.

After leaving the Sierra Nevada mountains, it is known that many thru hikers struggle with the “NorCal Blues.” A time on trail when you still have months of hiking to go, where you have left the most beautiful mountains and entered the green tunnel, where the mental game to keep putting one foot in front of the other gets harder with every step. On day 99 of my thru hike, I sat at camp discussing with two other hikers what our favorite parts of trail have been. And I was surprised to find myself saying that NorCal had been my favorite so far. I think I have the opposite of the NorCal blues.

The 2024 Grosse Pointe Gathering on July 17 was held at a private lakeside residence in Grosse Pointe Shores to benefit Corewell Health Beaumont Grosse Pointe Hospital’s Spiritual Care Endowment Fund, which ”helps to further integrate the medical and spiritual care needs of patients, families, and caregivers and enhance patient outcomes.” The event featured cocktails and a strolling dinner along with live entertainment and outdoor activities including a putting contest and casino table games. Learn more at beaumont.org. By Photographs by Erin Marie Miller

As a resident of Westport and a lover of Mediterranean cuisine, I often notice the lack of such restaurants available in Fairfield County. Fortunately for you (and me), a great new spot just opened up, serving mainly Middle Eastern food, with a focus on Egyptian and Moroccan fare. Fairfield County,

As the heat of summer in Northern California lingered over me, the grass and trees I was hiking through dried out and the snow melt quickly disappeared into dry water sources. The excitement of crossing my first state line after 1,700 miles excited me as I continued hiking north but the early start of wild fire season gave me pause: what was the rest of my thru hike going to look like? I knew there was a fire ahead of me, ...

Sick of the monotony of cooking and eating red meat and chicken, day in and day out? Hoping to step outside of your culinary comfort zone and venture

On August 12th at 8:34 am, Paws, Monochrome, and I touched the monument marking the northern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail. After 144 days of walking north, I was done. Tears welled up in my eyes but didn’t fall down my face. I felt empty and ecstatic. I felt nothing and everything—relief to be done, and sadness that it was over. Washington was my favorite section; the dark green pine tree forests and huge volcanic mountains made every day feel like a true adventure. ...

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Get those stretchy pants out of the deep, dark depths of your closet…don’t worry, we all have a pair! Once a year, these pants are necessary, as holiday excitement overtakes the part of the brain that tells us we’re full. We fight that voice that tells us to stop, that third and even fourth helpings