In My Next Life, I Should Like to Become a Housecat
In my next life, I should like to become a housecat. Once, I considered myself a dog person, as most Americans do, but cats have much to be said for them. They know what they need, and do not typically ask for more…
On a Meditation Pad by the Cache la Poudre River
Taking a blanket, my mediation pad, and my journal, I sit on the small patch of flat shoreline of the Poudre River. I sit where the river forks, diverging only momentarily before joining back together. Between tall trees and green grasses, the river runs through town, curving east…
Hiking - It is Always “The Moment”
The mountains have always been my home. When I feel down and lonely, when the depression begins to get the better of me, there the Rockies stand, staring at me, reminding me that they are there, and will be there all my life…
The Useless Tree
Recently, my girlfriend and I flew to South Carolina in order to see a friend from childhood get married. It was a beautiful wedding, in the shade, surrounded by large trees with moss hanging down…