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St. Patrick’s Day hike
Posted on March 17, 2018

St. Patrick’s Day hike

The sun is shining and today is warm compared to the snows of last week. It’s 6pm and I’m on the couch listening to Cat Stevens’ “Peace Train” on the record player, wondering how sore my glutes and hamstrings will be tomorrow. My husband and I hiked today on trails about 20 minutes from our … Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day hike

Warm winter hike
Posted on December 28, 2015December 28, 2015

Warm winter hike

This year for Christmas, we got rain instead of snow. This is our fourth winter here in Blacksburg, and we’re still holding out for a white Christmas.   Minnesota delivered snow for Christmas each year, knee deep to children, and every year since we moved away, the kids cross their fingers. Snow at Christmas is … Continue reading Warm winter hike

Running away to the woods
Posted on January 2, 2015April 28, 2017

Running away to the woods

I hiked alone yesterday. I needed to get out of the house. Actually, I needed to get away from our kids. They’ve been home for what seems like weeks now (13.5 days, to be exact), and I couldn’t take the bickering and wrestling and whining and begging and pouting and grumping anymore. After two weeks … Continue reading Running away to the woods

Warm winter hike
Posted on December 28, 2014December 27, 2014

Warm winter hike

We were occupied with sports and travel every weekend this autumn, and as a result, did not go on a single camping trip during the most beautiful season in Appalachia. So when it was warm and sunny on the day after Christmas, we took advantage of it and hiked for the first time in months. … Continue reading Warm winter hike

I was going to run a 5K
Posted on September 18, 2014April 9, 2017

I was going to run a 5K

I’m in Park City, Utah for the annual Automattic Grand Meetup, and I had originally signed up to run the WordPress 5K this morning. After all the wine I drank last night, though, I decided to go for a solo mini-hike instead. I took these photos on the trail behind our hotel as the sun … Continue reading I was going to run a 5K

Posted on April 28, 2014November 6, 2014

A journalist I am not (R)

Portraiture is possibly my favorite form of photography. Faces show character in every laugh line, every weathered wrinkle, in tan lines left by always-worn sunglasses, in the trickle of sweat through trail dust. In the scraggly beards of men who have walked the woods for weeks. On our drive through Catawba valley, my husband said, … Continue reading A journalist I am not (R)

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Andrea Badgley is a mom, wife, reader, and writer. She grew up on the coast of Georgia and now lives with her husband and two children in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia. Her work appears in Southern Women’s Review, on the Brevity blog, and on The Daily Post. Follow her on Twitter @andreabadgley.

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