Why subscribe to Mind The Moss?

Mind the Moss is a newsletter about the grounding and galvanizing power of walking. It’s about how exploring your surroundings on foot yields a deeper intimacy with your home and community, while also sparking curiosity about what’s beyond the horizon. Walking is a proven, centuries-old way of engaging with the world and with humanity. And right now, when many of us are reckoning with forces like worsening inequality, climate change, and the fog of loneliness that’s become thicker in the digital age, it’s time to fall in love with walking again. That’s the foundational mission of Mind The Mossu—getting you out into the world on foot, whether it’s in your element or beyond.

Because walking brings the most exciting ideas and conversations to the surface.

WHO WRITES THIS NEWSLETTER?

Hey, Miles Howard here. I’m a journalist and author writing about outdoor in cities and the backcountry—and how to make both more accessible. My reporting has been published in National Geographic, Mountain Gazette, Outside, The Boston Globe, Yankee Magazine, and The Washington Post. I’m also the author of two books: Moon New England Road Trip (2023) and Moon New England Road Trip (coming in 2025!

In addition to writing about the outdoors, I founded Boston’s Walking City Trail; a 27-mile urban walking route that visits 30 green spaces in 17 neighborhoods within the cityscape. I regularly lead guided walks along the “WCT” and in other nooks of the Greater Boston area, and sometimes I even travel to other cities to lead such walks!

HOW MUCH DOES A SUBSCRIPTION COST?

A free subscription to Mind The Moss includes all public stories, new and archived, while a paid subscription of either $6 per month or $60 for a year includes weekly newsletters, as well as access to the full online archive of walking stories and audio episodes. Paid subscribers can also request custom walking ideas and trip itineraries for New England and for a select number of additional cities and regions!

HOW CAN I SUPPORT MIND THE MOSS?

Every paid subscription allows me to spend more time writing about the power of walking and expanding the narrative scope and features of Mind The Moss. But spreading the word helps too. By sending the newsletter to a friend, or sharing a post you enjoyed on social media, you’re putting Mind the Moss in front of more eyeballs.