Porcupine! I smiled as the source of ruffling leaves made itself known to me.
Tag Archives: nature
When I Am Quiet: A Meditation
When I am quiet I hear the woodpecker keeping the beat to the symphony of ruby-crowned kinglet trills, chickadee-dee-dees, and phoebes, to webbed feet running on water, to water lapping on rock.
Recap: Don Dialogues – Creating a Nature-Rich Life
On a rainy Thursday night in Toronto I ventured down to Evergreen Brick Works to listen to a panel discuss how Toronto can use its ravine system to “enrich the health and happiness of our families and community.”
Book Review: Nature Cure
Or: Three Things You Need to Know about Richard Mabey’s Nature Cure I had grand plans of writing a New York Times-style book review for Richard Mabey’s memoir Nature Cure. I found myself bored out of my wits writing it, so here’s what I want you to know about this gem of a bookContinue reading “Book Review: Nature Cure”
Wordless Wednesdays: Carolina Thread Trail
Recap: The Wild Center
The girls ran up the walkway at the Wild Center, following the noise of the crowd, their young legs seemingly unaffected by our Mount Arab hike only an hour earlier. Their moms and I trudged behind them, dodging and weaving around other adults who had stopped to read the interpretive signs lining the railings.
Wordless Wednesdays: Bull Elk and His Harem
Contribution
I have spent much of my free time over the last week deliberating on the word contribution – what it means to me, how it plays a role in the life I lead and the work I do, who I impact. It’s a concept, if not the word itself, I’ve thought of often over theContinue reading “Contribution”
Kate Monahan Outdoors 