Leanna Joyner

I moved away from my North Carolina home at the end of 2009. I left for the west, bound for my own love story in British Columb...

“My mom writes romance novels.” Do you know how hard that is to say when you are in your early 20s? People conjure up the hot and ste...

The centering that follows intense physical exertion can be gained by any means – Tae Bo, running, hiking, dancing, yoga. But the thing is, ...

I haven't run since the Greer Half-Marathon on April 9, and I figured that I'd best take advantage of the sun this afternoon since I...

This space around me still but outside it moves the wind chimes clink, ting, ting, ting and here I am out of the elements Here I am “protect...

I ran this race almost ten years ago. Then, the race went over one of the two rickety bridges that spanned the river before this modern, stu...

All this year I’ve been researching Civil War sites along the Appalachian Trail for a book on that history and related hikes. And, on this V...