

The Necessary Pause
I love walking train tracks. They are interesting, challenging, full of clues to thousands of stories. In the urban area where I live,...


New Path
Trail markers on a downed tree. I have a favorite conservation trust site that I like to hike. I must admit, however, that each time go,...


Touching The Ground Again
Tiny flowers on my inside window sill picked on my first post self-isolation walk. Yesterday I touched the ground again after nearly two...


A Place Called Wait
We may not think about it often, especially in our individualistic and often self-centered society, but we are all connected. We all...


Standing in The Burn Pile
There is something about ashes and the remains of a fire in the woods that interests me. I am not exactly sure what it is, but the...


Finding What You Are Looking For
One of my granddaughters during last year's holiday open studio. I used to walk the beach often and look for sea glass. Somedays I would...


Walking Companions
Solid Ground There is one mile path in Southern Rhode Island where I love to walk as often as possible. At one point in the loop trail, I...


Hidden Art and The Joy of Relationship
(Hidden somewhere in Rhode Island) There are two art forms that have occupied my mind over the past few years . . . land art and nature...


Acknowledging The Longest Night
(paperwhite narcissus, white pine needles) It seems appropriate that I drove back from a week in Pennsylvania, my father's funeral, and...


Taking My Stories on a Walk
Places. Places hold stories. I find it fascinating that we often do or say things, on a what appears to be a whim, but turn out to reveal in