The brand new Amanda Gorman mural—located on the side of a townhouse in an alley off 17th Street between Q and Corcoran Street in Washington, DC—is a sunbeam. The entire side of the brick building is painted yellow. The…
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One year after the shutdown began in March 2020: I think about the craziest things when I take my daily long walks but I think earth’s the right place for love. Honesty, I am filled with this sentiment as…
If you enjoy this article, you can subscribe to my weekly email: We all have a “Forest wild”—or should. This is a place in nature where you can go to retreat, reflect . . . and (hopefully) recharge your…
Happy May! It’s a new month. It’s a new restart to my life (and yours). I didn’t plan to write a blog this week. Now in week 7 of working at home and sheltering, my life is lived small.…
Activities Gratitude Reflections Walking Washington DC
Pandemic Reflection: The Tulips Make Me Want To See
My pandemic reflection is late in being published. I try to regularly publish a weekly article. But it hard to be inspired right now. I didn’t write my weekly blog until Sunday morning because nothing is happening in my…
The virtues of solo walks became crystal clear to me after COVID. With orders to stay in shelter, the only way to go outside is exercising. My only travel consists of getting up extra early to walk to the…
I need a place where I can hide under the canopy of trees. As a child, the woods were my place to escape and daydream. My spirit always yearns to dwell in nature’s outdoor cathedrals—places of soaring sky, rough-hewn…
Packing your travel journal maybe even more important than remembering your toothbrush. You can’t buy a pack of memories at a grocery store. You need to write them down before you forget them. The list of authors who kept…
