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This morning I walked along the woodland path in the nature preserve. I love this area as there are few people on the soft earthen trails. The woods are quiet except for the occasional birdsong or a bullfrog in the marsh. Today was cloudy from the storms that blew through yesterday, so it seemed ...Continue Reading
Today I walked in a different direction than my usual path. Most mornings I choose to go through the forest area as it offers more bird and wildflower varieties. It’s shaded in midsummer which makes it cooler. The alternative path has some forest but also fields and pasture. It’s more open to ...Continue Reading
The next time you are out for a walk or a hike, pick a spot and listen for the many different sounds you can hear. You may hear soft sounds, like a leaf landing on the ground, the leaves of a tree rustling as a squirrel jumps from one tree to another, a dragonfly whizzes by or a bee scrabbles around ...Continue Reading
I’ve been meditating on the different landscape images from my morning walk. Sometimes I stand and gaze at the entire landscape of trees tracing the patterns of sunlight that filter down onto the forest floor or that spotlight individual plants. Closing my eyes for a few moments, I try to imprint ...Continue Reading
It’s evening. The day is slowly folding up its wings and melting into the approaching stillness of night. Sometimes when there are clouds and moisture in the air, the light becomes rosy, followed by a glorious gold filling the sky like a fiery furnace. I am continually awed by the magnificence of ...Continue Reading
