How I turned a grade school teacher's rebuke for "talking too much" into a powerful voice in and for the outdoors.

1. chatterbox
a story

2. In 3rd grade, a stern teacher wrote a letter to my parents.

3. In the letter,
She called me a
“CHATTERBOX”
So

4. to write
down everything I
might have said
aloud.
I went
outside,

5. And I haven’t stopped since.

6. From trail restoration on
Colorado’s highest peaks
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7. To cross-cutting in Montana’s
Bob Marshall Wilderness
Yupp, my hair was totally green.

8. I write about wild
places.
Treelinesblog.comAbout their scarcity, and our human desire—heck, duty—to get out there and experience them.

9. To collaborate, preserve,
and share life-changing
outdoor experiences
9@mandi_susan
With other
people, who feel
at home when
they’re outside.

10. I found a
powerful
voice in the
outdoors.
Now I can’t wait to use it for environmental
stewardship, and to inspire others to learn, create,
advocate for a life outside.

11. ;)Let’s chat.