Weeks ago I recommended and added a link to Michelle Ray's Appalachian Trail hiking journal. We used to work together in Forest Hills and even then she used to pop off almost every weekend to 'section or day' hike. Early on I half jokingly told her that she should write a book about her journey.

Looks like I wasn't the only one, since I learned today that my former fellow librarian will be writing a non-fiction book on the AT. She and her editor are hoping for a '09 publishing date.

If you haven't been reading Bird Leg's journal you owe yourself a treat. She's got almost a thousand miles left to go, but I don't think any of us doubt she'll make it.