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Reflections, insights and observations inspired by walking with a dog named Asha

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Respecting No

November 1, 2020 Leave a comment

How Asha’s instinctive No led me to begin to acknowledge and respect my own body’s No’s — without layers of Supposed to or Should. (read more or listen, 5:34 minutes)

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Stepping into the fog

August 7, 2020 Leave a comment

When I start to get lost in uncertainty, I turn to this comforting lesson from a foggy morning walk.
(read more or listen, 4:23 minutes)

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Considering delight

July 4, 2020 Leave a comment

(listening time: 6:36 minutes) Asha waits patiently while I lace up my sneakers and gather everything for our walk: keys, sunglasses, bug hat, binoculars, hand lens, dog treats and leash. On our way out the door, Asha picks up her Frisbee. I tell her to leave it and promise to throw some sticks for her […]

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I miss what was

May 21, 2020 Leave a comment

(listening time: 4:11 minutes) Asha and I have returned once again to the familiar wooden bridge in the clearing. I was drawn here today because beavers are building a dam under this bridge. With the resulting changes to the landscape, this spot feels like a microcosm for the world which is changing so rapidly. More […]

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Leaning into beauty

April 19, 2020 Leave a comment

Asha at the flooded trail

(listening time: 4:38 minutes) This morning, Asha and I headed out in the early spring snow to a favorite clearing with a stream. In the past weeks, I’ve noticed the once burbling water now rushes and has become more of a pond that has flooded the trail beyond the bridge. I attributed this change to […]

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Hello, Black Birch

March 29, 2020 Leave a comment

(listening time: 6:42 minutes) One afternoon in early August, Asha and I paused during our walk, by the side of the road, to listen. It was raining acorns. “Is this normal? A sign of climate change?” I wondered, because it seemed like too many acorns too early in the year. As I looked up into […]

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Damn mosquitos

February 16, 2020 Leave a comment

(listening time: 3:52 minutes) By the time Asha and I return to the car, I’m close to tears. Summer has barely started and I’m ready for fall. On the short drive home with the air-conditioning blasting, I wonder where it’s cold in July and August. I rule out New Zealand because I won’t put Asha […]

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Approach, retreat, bark

January 21, 2020 Leave a comment

(listening time: 3:56 minutes) One overcast morning I was walking along a trail deep in thought – perhaps about how snow pants make such a difference on cold days like this one – when, up ahead, Asha did a double take and barked. It took me a few seconds to locate what had startled her […]

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The art of walking

December 17, 2019 Leave a comment

A serene beaver pond along the trail

(listening time: 5:50 minutes) One summer morning Asha and I walked along a new-to-us trail that I’d been eyeing for some time. I wondered if it would bring us to the bridge over gentle waters from a different direction. It did. And it took us past a serene beaver pond. Yet I returned home feeling […]

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Beyond the rickety bridge

December 4, 2019 Leave a comment

(listening time: 4:12 minutes) From time to time, Asha and I explore new-to-us trails. Last spring we headed down one such trail. We walked about a mile, then turned around at a rickety bridge because I felt the trail was taking us far from home. I was curious to see where this trail would have […]

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