Emergence: Becoming the Best Version of Yourself
In this anxious season, nature is an instructive force. By watching native plants emerge this spring, I’ve learned about becoming the best version of yourself.
Hidden in Plain Sight
With the disappearance of races and running events from our calendars for the past several months, and with the deterrent effect of the pandemic on the fraternization associated with our…
Passing Over Boulder Beach
Passing over a boulder beach has become for me a metaphor for overcoming obstacles in life, whether it be in career, relationships, physical or emotional health, memories of the past, or just life in general. Like boulder-hopping, the steps we take to get through a hard spot are only temporary landing spots, not destinations in themselves.
Gardening During a Pandemic
When the world seems unpredictable and out-of-control, a garden is not only a physical refuge and a spiritual reservoir, but a sign and a symbol that we will emerge one day into a new future that we can still help create.
Paying Attention To Signs
Mature hackberry trees stand on the property line on either side of our small city lot and effectively form a green canopy over our back yard. The yard is also…
Running Water
Judy and I were descending into a ravine where we would cross one of the twelve streams intersecting the Muliwai Trail between Waipi’o Valley to Waimanu Valley when I said,…
A Good Distance
I was able to spend last week in the Palm Springs area of California on account of the kindness of some good friends. It was my third visit to Palm…
Walking the Property
There’s a bush lot on Manitoulin Island still registered in my father’s name, even though he passed away over three years ago. My siblings and I, heirs to his estate,…
On Resilience
After visiting my native terrain on Manitoulin Island last week, I’m ready to declare that the tamarack is my favorite tree. I’ve always been fond of this species (larix laricina,…
The Longest Mile
Judy and I are enthralled by the Appalachian Trail. Every summer for the past four years, we’ve set aside time to hike a section of the Trail, beginning at Monson,…