Last week I needed to venture in Monroe, WA, to pick up some yarn at Ben Franklin. I am at the end of my 2023 year long knitting project, this time a Sophie Shawl based on precipitation (rainy days vs dry days). I was mostly through November when it was clear I was going to…
Category: Random And Wild
Sorry For The Mess
In the next few weeks I will doing some housekeeping on Must Hike Must Eat that may result in missing images on posts and pages. I use BlueHost to host my website and despite paying an outrageous amount of money at the beginning of the year to cover the next three years, they have increased…
Must Hike Must Eat’s 7th Blogiversary
Well, hello! Or should I say hello again? Either way, let’s chat. January 6th marks the 7th anniversary (or blogiversary in blogging world) of this here blog, Must Hike Must Eat. Of course, in the last 7 years the blog has bloomed to more than 585 posts and 370 pages making it more of…
Grain Free Jat-juk And Crying In H Mart
Jump to the recipe… One of my favorite pandemic reads was a memoir, Crying In H Mart, by Michelle Zauner. From Goodreads: A memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. Michelle Zauner tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in…
Creativity: A Hitchhike You Can’t (And Shouldn’t) Turn Down
Lately, I have been looking back over my life and taking stock in my creative side. I now have over half a century to ponder! I imagine it is somewhat genetic, my grandmother was into macrame, embroidery, crochet, beading, etc. and my mother sewed many of our clothes. Although, that might have been more out…
Are You A “Spread My Ashes” Kind Of Person?
I don’t know how long I have been a “spread my ashes” kind of person but my guess is that it has been since my grandmother’s death and visiting the cemetery with my grandfather sometime in my early years. We placed flowers in a thin vase attached to a small engraved box somewhere in the…





