Advertisements The first outbreak of the Corona virus has hit a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington. This is my industry, yet none of us were overly concerned at the time. I should have listened to my inner voice more closely to the warning it was trying to heed. Instead I became wrapped up in “endContinue reading “The Queen Valley”
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Climbing Picacho Peak
Advertisements For the last sixteen years I’ve passed by the mighty Picacho Peak, standing like a lone gunman in the Sonoran desert, halfway between Phoenix and Tucson. I’ve often wondered if there are hiking trails that lead to the summit, or if you can only traverse the base of this prehistoric landmark. A massive winterContinue reading “Climbing Picacho Peak”
Bear Jaw
Advertisements “I’ve been here before….” That unnerving sense of Deja-vu hits me as I rumble along the dusty road around the base of Mount Humphrey. Teetering on the edge of insanity, looking for a path upward. It’s week three of the the corona virus quarantine, and I find the only thing that is keeping myContinue reading “Bear Jaw”
The Sonoran Preserve
Advertisements Captain Tripps is taking over the world, yet I will try to resist the temptation to let fear take hold of me. It’s not easy. Each cough, sniffle or the feeling of shortness of breath has me wondering if the virus has a hold of me, and if so, where do I go fromContinue reading “The Sonoran Preserve”
back to Edinburgh
Advertisements I climb into the taxi in Bowness on Solway. It’s such a strange feeling being in a vehicle, almost unnatural. The irony of being rushed by places in mere minutes compared to truly being in nature as I walked along was not lost on me. I arrive back to the train station in CarlisleContinue reading “back to Edinburgh”
Wallsend
Advertisements I leave the end of the Hadrian’s Wall path and go to the tiny town of Bowness on Solway. I have about an hour before I can check into my final guesthouse, so I enter the only pub in town. “Just finished walking the wall mate?” There are a few other patrons inside, someContinue reading “Wallsend”
Day ten on the Wall – The final stretch….
Advertisements Perceptions of Success : I see a spiders web as a success, but to the spider success comes from a fly caught in its web, not the web itself. A tree that is flexible enough to bend in the breeze instead of breaking because it’s too rigid. A flower’s stem that is pollinated byContinue reading “Day ten on the Wall – The final stretch….”
time on the Highfield farm
Advertisements As I approach the Highfield farmhouse a young girl playing with a ball and a dog excitedly runs up to me… “Are you staying with us tonight?” Apparently her inhibition of strangers is not a problem. Being so free out in the country would have that healthy effect, or so I would imagine. TheContinue reading “time on the Highfield farm”
Day nine on the Wall – arriving to Boustead Hill
Advertisements Dark rainclouds skim across the morning sky as I get ready to head back onto the Hadrian’s Wall path. The weather fits my somber mood perfectly. I use the word “somber” to describe a serious nature to my thoughts, not a dark or depressing state of mind. The weight that I lifted off myContinue reading “Day nine on the Wall – arriving to Boustead Hill”
Future projects are out there….
Advertisements So many times have I almost hit the delete button on a folder labeled “future projects” on my computer. The images stored inside were too painful to look at. There are so many future projects in Kenya, and throughout the world at large, if one is so inclined to make a difference. On ourContinue reading “Future projects are out there….”