Philip Harnden was the publisher of The Other Side, a magazine of spirituality and social action, for a dozen years. A Quaker, he has written on subjects as diverse as the land rights of Native Americans and the spiritual life of Fritz Eichenberg. A former correspondent for Religion News Service, Harnden has also been a commentator on North Country Public Radio. He lives in northern New York State, not far from the Canadian border.

• On Traveling Light Thomas MertonJohn MuirHenry BestonMarcel DuchampAnnie DillardMatsuo BashoEdward AbbeyFather ZossimaDolores GarciaHenry David ThoreauThe Other Henry ThoreauWill BakerA Celtic WomanFather TerenceWerner HerzogRaymond CarverSueEphraim M'IkiaraJapheth M. RyderEmma "Grandma" GatewoodIshmaelFermina DazaPeter MatthiessenJohn JackEric HofferBilbo BagginsBill WasovwichThe Hermit of TailaoshanJesus of NazarethGeorge Washington SearsWilliam Least Heat MoonArctic TernFrank O’MalleyKamo no ChomeiDavid and GoliathDorothy DaySir Ernest Henry ShackletonRobert PirsigPeace PilgrimNellie BlyMohandas Karamchand GandhiSources

"'How much should I carry with me?' is the quintessential question for any journey, especially the journey of life. Herein you’ll find sage, sly, wonderfully subversive advice."—Bill McKibben, author, The End of Nature

Philip Harnden was the publisher of The Other Side, a magazine of spirituality and social action, for a dozen years. A Quaker, he has written on subjects as diverse as the land rights of Native Americans and the spiritual life of Fritz Eichenberg. A former correspondent for Religion News Service, Harnden has also been a commentator on North Country Public Radio. He lives in northern New York State, not far from the Canadian border.

• On Traveling Light Thomas MertonJohn MuirHenry BestonMarcel DuchampAnnie DillardMatsuo BashoEdward AbbeyFather ZossimaDolores GarciaHenry David ThoreauThe Other Henry ThoreauWill BakerA Celtic WomanFather TerenceWerner HerzogRaymond CarverSueEphraim M'IkiaraJapheth M. RyderEmma "Grandma" GatewoodIshmaelFermina DazaPeter MatthiessenJohn JackEric HofferBilbo BagginsBill WasovwichThe Hermit of TailaoshanJesus of NazarethGeorge Washington SearsWilliam Least Heat MoonArctic TernFrank O’MalleyKamo no ChomeiDavid and GoliathDorothy DaySir Ernest Henry ShackletonRobert PirsigPeace PilgrimNellie BlyMohandas Karamchand GandhiSources

"'How much should I carry with me?' is the quintessential question for any journey, especially the journey of life. Herein you’ll find sage, sly, wonderfully subversive advice."—Bill McKibben, author, The End of Nature

Philip Harnden was the publisher of The Other Side, a magazine of spirituality and social action, for a dozen years. A Quaker, he has written on subjects as diverse as the land rights of Native Americans and the spiritual life of Fritz Eichenberg. A former correspondent for Religion News Service, Harnden has also been a commentator on North Country Public Radio. He lives in northern New York State, not far from the Canadian border.

• On Traveling Light Thomas MertonJohn MuirHenry BestonMarcel DuchampAnnie DillardMatsuo BashoEdward AbbeyFather ZossimaDolores GarciaHenry David ThoreauThe Other Henry ThoreauWill BakerA Celtic WomanFather TerenceWerner HerzogRaymond CarverSueEphraim M'IkiaraJapheth M. RyderEmma "Grandma" GatewoodIshmaelFermina DazaPeter MatthiessenJohn JackEric HofferBilbo BagginsBill WasovwichThe Hermit of TailaoshanJesus of NazarethGeorge Washington SearsWilliam Least Heat MoonArctic TernFrank O’MalleyKamo no ChomeiDavid and GoliathDorothy DaySir Ernest Henry ShackletonRobert PirsigPeace PilgrimNellie BlyMohandas Karamchand GandhiSources

"'How much should I carry with me?' is the quintessential question for any journey, especially the journey of life. Herein you’ll find sage, sly, wonderfully subversive advice."—Bill McKibben, author, The End of Nature