April 29, 2017 32 more days solo. I accept my body stiff and feeling fat. I stretch, roll, chant, and breathe Life and Love and Ease and Flexibility into my body. I notice that I thought “precious body” and would not write that. “I am not my body, but I love and accept the body …
Monthly Archives: April 2017
My Message
Here’s what I said to a woman struggling to lighten her pack. “And now, if you’re game for an even deeper exploration, it has helped me immensely to delve into clarifying my purpose for walking. I realized that the trail is a blank canvas on which I paint my own journey, design my own fulfillment. …
Desert Sage
April 25, 2017 Solo, walking resolutely toward Maidenhair Falls, desert wanderer interrupts my inner conversation about how to entice others to desert enlightenment. His words blend with and expand my own with refreshing validation and nourishment! “Between the context of stillness and the occurrence of thought the noticing is the knowing.” Unknown “I love the …
At Home
April 24, 2017 He says, “I feel at home where you are with me.” I cringe. I’ve written this year about feeling empty of myself when we are together. My reply, “I feel at home where I am, too.” What an irony! “At home” in myself feels so different from “at home” together. Yes, when …
Ants
April 22, 2017 39 days solo remain. I got up at the usual alarm time and took a walk! I headed east on the dirt road. Coolness and sunlight bathed me. Stiffness relaxed somewhat. Quiet and ease, contentment at designing my morning, lightened my step. “I can wander as I want!” Projects to accomplish flooded …
Solo Begins
April 21, 2017 Yesterday evening, I enjoyed the luxury of solo after completing Be Crepuscular. I felt bonded with the participants and fulfilled by a leisurely walk home. Visiting Duane, camphost, lost its charm when he started complaining that no ranger had said goodbye to the others who had left. Time for solo! Today starts …
Maps for the Appalachian Trail near Springer Mtn., GA
I received a text message from a friend: “My sister and I want to begin a hike at Springer Mountain in mid-July. Do you have maps we can borrow or recommend the best maps?” My maps are in storage in Virginia while I work out in California! Besides, once you step on the Appalachian Trail, …
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