Musings
How To Just Keep Walking (Even When It Hurts)
Enduring so much physical suffering taught me how to endure emotional suffering.
Why Are We So Connected To Earth?
Why do we feel more connected to our truest selves when we are coated in dirt, breathing in dust, and walking over rocks?
Playtime Can Be Productive
Even those who aren’t that stoked about the idea of exercise can understand the appeal of a natural brain booster.
Strength Through Contemplating Beauty
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure.
All Endings Are Also Beginnings
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ―Albert Camus
The Power Of A Landscape
Funny how a new vista, angled sunset light, the sight of snow on peaks in early fall can make every worry fall away and replenish happiness.
Fads Should Be Fabulous
We read to get a taste, to feel out whether a new sport is a fad we’ll pass on trying or something we might like taking up regularly. Right?
A Bike, A Partner in Crime
“The bicycle…when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community.” —Ann Strong, quoted in the Minneapolis Tribune in 1895
New Life in Summer
“I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
