It was September 25, 2016, and I was alone in the woods, five hours from home, hoping not to get lost, or injured, or eaten by a bear. Or squirrels. I was experiencing a sort of dark night of the soul and the week-long camping trip was intended as a healing journey, or a good start to it. It was a way to get distance from daily life and dive completely into my emotional trauma, disconnect from it, seek clarity, recapture some lost creative spark, blah, blah, blah. And obviously, there’s no better way to do that than to go […] Read More
