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defacing respect
if my father had ever caught me spray painting a statue, a picnic table, or even a rock, i would have been punished, and humbled…reminding me of how small i was on this grand sphere we call earth. and that … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, Life
Tagged Defacing property, disrespect, graffiti, hiking, history, rail trails, Respect
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between a rock and a hard place
how does…a series…well, maybe it was three, no four…times of nightly trips to the cupboard to eat peanut butter….only by the spoonful…effect a wee walk on the wild side? throaty breathing and slight dizziness….have I walked too far for the state … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, humor, Life
Tagged bowels, clean, colon, healthy, hiking, humor, middle age, night, over-eating, peanut butter, photography, ravine, Rocks, vacating, vacation, walking, wilderness, woods
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a time for every season under heaven
autumn is settling in…
No turning back
where coal trucks once rumbled, the land resembles more jungle than park…and the trail underfoot dusty- the gravel gone and only stripped, bare earth remaining beneath your feet. but it is not a lone trail…birds hiding in the bush sing … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, Life
Tagged coal mines, hiking, Life, nature, Ohio, strip mines, summer, trail
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midwestern dreams
open. sky, grassland, a pond, the dusty trail beneath your feet. nobody’s land; at least, it feels like nobody’s land. maybe the birds. they fly around, their flittering like visiting neighbors. but maybe not. all you see is opened before … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Nature, Photography
Tagged forest, grasslands, hiking, Life, nature, outback, photography, seasons, summer, trail, walking
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a walk by the river
out this morning for a walk in the high mountains…with this beside me as I went.
a slice of life on a cloudy spring day
it wasn’t sunny…but this snake found a spot by the creek bank to soak up the fragrant air of a cloudy spring day. …a snake’s view of the creek and scenery below… and on another part of the trail, a … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Photography
Tagged bugs, flowers, hiking, Life, nature, photography, photos, rain, snakes, trail
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walking across america
Aubrey Benmark started out from Brooklyn, New York, on Saint Patrick’s Day, and crossed the bridge over Blennerhassett Island into Ohio today. I saw her this morning, but did not know it- she crossed the highway with some kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Photography, Travel
Tagged America, Ash Cave, Aubrey Benmark, hiking, Hocking Hills, kindness, Life, Ohio, photography, strangers, travel, walking, West Virginia
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Coming Home
when nature presents herself, naked and unafraid, in the cool winds of a lingering winter…the quiet in the woods sinks down into the very dust, and i am left with more wondering than wandering to do. she is brazen, but … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Nature, Photography
Tagged hiking, Life, nature, photography, poetic fiction, Spring, trails, trees, walking, woodland
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