Clippings: A different Lenten practice is woods walking

This year for Lent, my wife Deborah has not been fasting. Instead, she has decided this Lent to take a walk in the woods every day.

Winter Adventures in Québec’s Eastern Townships, Part 2

“Views of Mount Orford opened up in front of us, topped with a slow clinging cloud and illuminated in afternoon light.”

Let’s Nordic ski in the Eastern Townships, Part 1

“Parc national du Mont-Orford boasts 50 km for classic skiing and 26 km for skate skiing over a range of beginner, intermediate and advanced terrains.”

Feb. 21 free workshop teaches how you can get artist residencies

Be part of a free workshop with author and artist Matthew Dickerson, Feb. 21.

Wild Encounters: Dickersons exhibit the natural world

Matthew and McKenna Dickerson will show their photographs and paintings at Jackson Gallery in Middlebury on Feb. 3.

Goodbye to a poet who loved the outdoors

“Luci loved the natural world, and over her life as a poet she practiced what it meant to be attentive.”

Enjoy both reading and the outdoors by being attentive

“In at least one important way, reading is like outdoor sports. Both of these depend on, reward, and help to foster attentiveness.”

Growing older, warming climate changes baselines

“In the Champlain Valley, where the baseline has changed so much in just the first quarter of this century, you need to find some nostalgic old person like me to remember those days of 15 to 30 below zero.”

Outdoor writer teaches outdoor writing outdoors

Matthew Dickerson reflects on “Writing Rivers,” a class he teaches that gets first-year Middlebury College students outside.

How to spend an autumn afternoon on an Addison County river

“Fall is a delightful time to fish in Vermont.”

An enchanting night and day at Quebec’s Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook

On the final night of a three-night, four-day visit to Quebec’s Eastern Townships, Matthew Dickerson hiked through an illuminated forest.

Try biking and dining in Quebec’s Eastern Townships

“My overall impression of the Eastern Townships was of a people who value lovingly and thoughtfully prepared food, art and culture, and the region they call home.”

Matthew Dickerson: Chattanooga is a haven for outdoor enthusiasts

“Nestled between mountainous bluffs on the Tennessee River Valley…Chattanooga is an amazing city for lovers of the outdoors.”

Matthew Dickerson: Enjoying the sport of Team Extractigating

My wife and I discovered a new outdoor team sport this summer. We call it Extractigating. Though some know it by its older terminology: Invasive Plant Removal.

Matthew Dickerson: You don’t need to age to enjoy the outdoors

When I was young (and my definition of “young” now includes anything less than a half century) I assumed that outdoors and comfort were mutually exclusive. Not so now that I’m not so young.

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