On Tuesday, August 20, my daughter and I added another hike to our “recently completed Alpine Lakes” list. I’d given her the choice between Mason Lake and Blanca Lake. We decided to save Blanca for the following week, hoping for better weather. Our foggy, soggy visit made me think of how we might more fully …
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My precious hiking companion, Ajax, is nursing a strained left hind paw. This has led to nostalgia and heightened senses for me on my most recent hikes without him, including last Friday’s epic hike on Tiger Mountain. I dubbed my WTA trip report “Courtilocks and the Three Bears.” Trip reports are factual representations of hikes …
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I’ve been fascinated by a pair of Cooper’s hawks raising four chicks in our neighborhood. They frequent our 3-tiered pond, the only known source of running water on our block. As I photographed them I pondered where to go with my weekly blog about change after three years of posting. Against a backdrop of hawk …
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This week I shared with my writing group that I was feeling a little discouraged about my lack of progress toward some of my business goals. One partner suggested I move my arbitrary deadline to after I receive the results of my NBC-HWC exam. As soon as I realized her idea was the most self-compassionate …
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Last Monday, I completed the NBC-HWC exam, something I’d been working toward for the past fifteen months. On Wednesday, my daughter, my dog Ajax, and I enjoyed a celebration hike to Granite Lakes. How do you celebrate your achievements? For me, celebrating milestones through immersion in nature has always been a source of joy and …
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