• Lessons from the Glacier Peak Wilderness

    One warm summer morning in early August of 2005, a small group of grad students from Western Washington University and I gazed across a smal…

  • Lake 22: A Homecoming

    A year after my dad died, I embarked on a hike into the mountains. My father, James Michael “Jim” Johnston, had asked to have some of his as…

  • Preparation as an Act of Love

    In September, my husband, Jake, fell to his death on his favorite mountain, the North Twin Sister. My geologist friend Jackie tells me that …

  • Trail Eyes

    When out on a trail, most of us look at the wilderness around us, absorbing the sights, sounds, and smells of the outdoors. Sure, we look at…

  • Randy Bott: Golden Moments

    As the sun set over the mountains south of Mt. Adams, I experienced a quiet, golden moment that sparked a creative awakening. Surrounded by …