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First Ever (in 30 years) Backpacking Adventure

September 4, 2023 A.L.H. Hughes

Well, that was traumatic. But – such is the life of an adventurer! – Hilda Okay, that’s kind of how the adventure ended, but let me back up. This year my daughter joined an outdoor club, and one of the planned summer activities was a 2-night backpacking trip in the Mt. Evans wilderness. This sounded like a good opportunity! I don’t spend as much time with my daughter as I’d like. And I don’t get out into the woods nearly…

A Refurbished Hat!

June 4, 2023 A.L.H. Hughes

Yay! I’ve revived my raggedy hat. Or rather, I patched the original hat (again, like I do) and then replaced the flowers. You have to understand, I’m not good at replacing things, particularly not articles of clothing. Instead I just patch or mend them until they’re mostly one giant patch. Or, you know, I don’t mend them. I just wear them forever until they become Very Frayed. The first time I started patching my coat it was because it was…