I have always loved trying the weirdest thing on a menu and a different place to travel. But, like you, when I discovered a hiking trail near my home many years ago, I found hiking the same trail every week to be a completely new experience. Every day I hike it, a new layer of “my” trail reveals itself. Each season is different from the last time I hiked it in that season.

I am beyond bereft about the loss of Bookology for our community. And though I will point my students to the generous archives, it won’t be the same.

Thanks for being such a wonderful part of it for so long.

Charles, I don’t walk anyplace fabulous–two subdivisions in Virginia. But there is ALWAYS something new to see and hear and experience–you just have to look … and listen for the quiet stories.

It is hard leaving the place that shaped you. I hope that your new places will claim you in different ways, my Minnesota-Montana-Arizona friend!

Caroline, I’m such a fan! Thanks for reading!

Cynthia, thanks so much for reading this. I love and hate having the final column for Bookology.