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Pinch of Dirt

A little of the outdoors in your inbox — monthly dispatches by Jessica McKenzie

By Jessica McKenzie · Launched 4 years ago
Trip leaderLong Path Sections 4 + 3: Mount Ivy to Long Clove to Nyack
Jun 24
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A long day's walk in the rainPlus: An "environmental house of horrors"; Starlicide; Rachel Carson and the sea; keeping pigeons in NYC; and more
Jun 3
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We need a vacationIs it brain fog, or do I just need a vacation?
Jul 23
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Another weekend thru-hikeThe Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail
May 2
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False springWildfires and thru-hikes, idle gardening, ecosexuality, and more.
Apr 11
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Rosemary rootsPlus: Europe's wild lions, where conspiracies and butterflies meet, on joyful movement, and more.
Mar 7
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Plunging into the new yearPlus: Fake snow; the value of good surf; human rights abuses at Rikers; ruining the Vale of Cashmere; on gardening while Black; and more.
Jan 15
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Counting milesA mile a day, or close enough.
Dec 31, 2021
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‘We’re not interested in the welfare of individual animals here’Also: the colors of home; the Great Salt Lake; the polar plunge; and more.
Nov 30, 2021
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Big news & changes afoot!Pinch of Dirt one of the "Best Outdoorsy Email Newsletters" according to Outside Magazine
Oct 18, 2021
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Canada was so close, we could see herCohos Trail, Day Fourteen: Deer Mountain Campground to the Canadian Border
Oct 12, 2021
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Easy days like this allow more time for boredom and Thought to creep inCohos Trail, Day Thirteen: Tillotson Hut to Deer Mountain Campground
Oct 11, 2021
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'Save the cowboy' and other stories
10
Being enough
9
Everest, travel, personal responsibility, heaps of guilt
8
A pear-shaped world
6
Enjoying the outside, inside
6
Introducing Pinch of Dirt itineraries
5
2
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Pinch of Dirt

A little of the outdoors in your inbox — monthly dispatches by Jessica McKenzie
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