Archive - Amy Writes Words

On Post-Hike Malaise

After you do the thing, then what?

Aug 16 •

Amy Isikoff Newell

June 2024

tripping on the threshold

once, there was a queen who wanted instead to be a forest witch...

Jun 8 •

Amy Isikoff Newell

fuckit if I can't have this thru-hike

might as well die it would make no difference*

Jun 6 •

Amy Isikoff Newell

May 2024

10 pounds, 15 pounds, 17 pounds

baggage of a few different kinds

May 19 •

Amy Isikoff Newell

April 2024

Tents, Eclipses, Bears, and Clouds

Please enjoy this curated assortment of my thoughts this morning.

Apr 30 •

Amy Isikoff Newell

Selfish, egotistical, irresponsible, and lazy

Why I'm planning a thru-hike even though I pretty much hate myself for it

Apr 3 •

Amy Isikoff Newell

March 2024

How to watch the sunset

And why you might want to

Mar 23 •

Amy Isikoff Newell

January 2024

In which I will find something hopeful to say about... something

Jan 2 •

Amy Isikoff Newell

December 2023

What Do I Bring When I Bring My Grief to a Protest?

What is grief good for, anyways?

Dec 18, 2023 •

Amy Isikoff Newell

November 2023

More on that thru-hike, "humanitarian pauses", and some Ursula K. Le Guin quotes

minus several thousand words I decided NOT to ask you to read

Nov 3, 2023 •

Amy Isikoff Newell

October 2023

Silence == Death

And I mean that in more than one way, all of them literal

Oct 28, 2023 •

Amy Isikoff Newell

Chatgpt is the soylent green of writing

and a couple other bon mots plus stuff about camping

Oct 23, 2023 •

Amy Isikoff Newell

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