Letters From the Back Roads

  This newsletter was originally sent on April 17, 2026 Each month, I share new essays, books, and stories from the road. 📬 Want these updates in your inbox?  Subscribe here . Exploring Roads, Reading Stories, Honoring Heroes. April on the Back Roads — Easter, Honest Roads, and Beginning Again Hello, my friends, Lent has come and gone, and here we are on the other side of it—Easter light, if we’re willing to see it. I’ll be honest with you. This season didn’t feel particularly polished or triumphant. It felt a little worn, a little honest, and maybe that’s closer to the point than I expected. 🌿 On the Road This month, I set out to chase something that promised to be beautiful, a “perfect” Ozarks waterfall road trip. It wasn’t. What I found instead was a reminder that not everything you read online is true, and not every neatly packaged itinerary has been walked by the person who wrote it. Distances were longer, trails harder, and the promise… a little hollow. But that’s not ...