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Moving On

Whenever you leave a place and come back to it, the place has changed—and so have you. Philip Gerard Whenever I move I think a lot about my backpacking adventures. Even in the days when I carried as much as sixty-five pounds, that heavy pack was nevertheless a reminder of how simple life can be,…

Remembering City Life

I grew up in Tacoma, Washington, not exactly a big city but hardly a small town either. We were just thirty miles south of Seattle, though before Interstate 5 was completed that drive took a full hour on “old 99” with its stoplights. I never felt deprived by city life. There was a large vacant…

Remembering Harmony Falls

Because children grow up, we think a child’s purpose is to grow up. But a child’s purpose is to be a child. Nature doesn’t disdain what only lives for a day. It pours the whole of itself into each moment. . .Life’s bounty is in its flow. Later is too late. Alexander Herzen I have…

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