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

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Lying on a frozen pond

April 29, 2022 Leave a comment

view of the trail from the middle of the frozen pond

Lying on a frozen pond, trusting the ice will hold me, feels akin to the decision-making that took me away from the solid ground of the familiar. (read more or listen, 7:13 minutes)

Read more stories about Listening to your inner wisdom, Wayfinding

Mary Oliver at the beaver meadow

December 4, 2021 Leave a comment

“Norma,” my inner critic, visited while I lingered at the beaver meadow. Mary Oliver’s poetry helped me reclaim my enoughness. (read more or listen, 6:05 minutes)

Read more stories about Connecting with the land, Listening to your inner wisdom, Quieting your inner critic, Slowing down, Stepping into enoughness

When ‘heart’ becomes a verb

September 20, 2021 Leave a comment

How journaling the phrase “headed into the woods” turned “heart” into a verb. (And what happened next.) (read more or listen, 6:29 minutes)

Read more stories about Connecting with the land

Cocoons and liberation

August 2, 2021 Leave a comment

Northern Casemaker Caddisfly larvae on a wooden bridge

When I found a Northern Casemaker Caddisfly larva, I began to think about my own portable cocoon. (read more or listen, 7:25 minutes)

Read more stories about Navigating change

Geese and indigo: Thoughts on wonder

May 21, 2021 Leave a comment

Walking by the beaver pond with Asha, expecting to see Canada Geese but finding the pond empty of birds, prompted me to consider wonder, both noun and verb. (read more or listen, 5:35 minutes)

Read more stories about Being present

While looking for birch seeds

March 8, 2021 Leave a comment

tiny birch seeds and bracts on the snow

What I found while crunching through the snow searching for birch seeds. (read more or listen, 6:05 minutes)

Read more stories about Listening to your inner wisdom, Slowing down

Respecting No

November 1, 2020 Leave a comment

Asha stops on the trail

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)

Read more stories about Letting go of Shoulds, Listening to your inner wisdom

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)

Read more stories about Befriending uncertainty

Considering delight

July 4, 2020 Leave a comment

lowbush blueberry flowers

(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

a pond developing as beavers build a dam under the bridge

Sometimes being with sadness is all that’s asked of us. (read more or listen, 4:11 minutes)

Read more stories about Befriending uncertainty, Navigating change

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