2-miles Outside

Urban Hike With N (Rock Island Trail)

Greening Up Outside

4 miles - Wilderness Park (Lincoln, NE)

Trickle Down Ecology

  "Trees, how many of 'em do we need to look at?” - President Ronald Reagan

Late January Fog

Three days of mist mixed with drizzle. The air stands still. It smells clean and cold. Objects materialize and disappear at close range. 

I blame the weather for my strange dreams at night. 










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Currently Reading: Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
Thoroughly Pleased By: ASAPScience channel on Youtube
Recent Habit: Playing gin rummy with my kid
Quote That Made My Day: 'Never fear, guacamole is here' (Thanks, D.)

Green Sweet Spot

I'm hard pressed to think of a more pleasant surprise than finding something green sitting prettily on the cold, winter ground. Found this one on my morning lap around Wehrspann Lake.

Something Small

Sometimes I read the latest news reports and wonder how a person can engage with the darkness of this world and move with something other than despair? 

The news swells in my head like a colorless fog. And I'll walk around filled up with it, or sink into a swamp. 

But in the end I make a conscious, or somewhat conscious, decision I'll make to stand still and pay attention to something small. The sweet smell of soap, or eating sliced apples with my kid. 

And it connects to me, this small thing, whatever it is. The tie between us like the filament in a lightbulb. It offers a sort of comfort. Allows a kind of goodness to grow again in my brain. 

And after a while, sometimes a long while, the just darkness just doesn't feel so close.

Sky Watching

 Outside Lincoln, NE - December 13, 2012

Sunsets are oftentimes the most remarkable feature of the Midwestern landscape. This one followed me all way home yesterday.