I’m an author, journalist, and urban trail creator based in Boston but frequently wandering. I’m passionate about outdoor recreation, walkable spaces, and the looming question of who has access to these environments. In 2025, I became a senior writer for Mountain Gazette. I’m also a regular contributor to The Boston Globe, and I’ve written for National Geographic, Outside, Vice, The New Republic, Yankee Magazine, The Washington Post, and WBUR (Boston’s NPR station.)
My writing often spotlights activists, creators, and policy makers who are dismantling historic socioeconomic barriers to these places and making them more inviting and inclusive. Just as often, you can find me reporting from urban and backcountry destinations that are routinely overlooked and rustling with life. One of my proudest achievements within this sub-genre, a feature series for Southwest: The Magazine called The City You’re Missing, took me across the United States to cities emerging from economic hardship, thanks to creativity and solidarity.
But sometimes urban storytelling goes beyond the page. In 2022, I founded the Walking City Trails—a 58-mile network of urban hiking trail across Boston that features parks, urban forests, community gardens, wetlands, beaches, and other green spaces. The Walking City Trails have been spotlit by NPR, Outside, and ABC’s Chronicle. I offer guided section hikes on the trails—including nocturnal hikes! I also offer consultating services for cities, towns, and organizations looking to create new trail networks. Click here to learn more about my urban trailmaking work.
I also publish Mind the Moss, a weekly newsletter about the modern Renaissance of walking and how it can help us envision a better world. Click here to read the latest Mind The Moss.
Finally, I’m the author of five books (number six is currently the oven):
- MOON NEW ENGLAND HIKING: 2nd edition (2025)
- MOON NEW ENGLAND ROAD TRIP: 3rd edition (2024)
- MOON NEW ENGLAND ROAD TRIP: 2nd edition (2021)
- MOON NEW ENGLAND HIKING (2020)
- THE EARLY VOTERS (2017)