A winter walk taps into engaging energies of renewal, focus, and just plain wonder! ________________________________________________________________ Today, as I often do, I went for a walk in the nature of the preserve next door. I can, if I choose, walk the… Read More ›
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A Rastafarian Stair-step Through History on the Caribbean Island of Dominica
Rastaman live up. Rastaman don’t give up Keep your culture. Don’t be afraid of the vulture. Grow your dread lock. Don’t be afraid of the wolf-pack. (Bob Marley – Lyrics from the Song Rastaman Live Up) ________________________________________________________________________________ I was in… Read More ›
On Fruitless Searches for Resplendent Quetzals
“Failure is an experience in which the universe feels compelled to grab someone by their hair and whip them in an altogether different direction because they simply aren’t listening!” Elizabeth Lyons “Peace comes within. Do not seek it without.” Buddha… Read More ›
A Conundrum In, And Of, The Wilderness
If a wilderness area is heavily used by people, can it really even be called wilderness? I looked up the definition of wilderness as a starting point to answer this question. According to the Wilderness Act of 1964, Wilderness is,… Read More ›
The Wondrous Glacier Perito Moreno, Argentina, Has a Chip on its Shoulder
They say that nature talks, but humans rarely listen. After a day of trekking on Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier, in Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, in southern Patagonia, I sat down on a boulder on the land to the side of… Read More ›
Hiking a Year in One Day on Volcano Baru, Panama – A Father & Son New Years
It’s become part of our culture to greet the arrival of a new year by reflecting on what’s going on in our lives. If we’re in the right frame of mind – highly questionable given the insanity of what passes… Read More ›
Hiking Salkantay in the Clouds of Peru: A Gift Wrapped in Silver Ribbons
“Every once in a while, the Apu, or mountain spirit, will call to a cow to graze way up high on the steepest slopes, where the cow will slip and fall; by doing that, he provides food for the Andean… Read More ›