Category: Living Simply
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What Animates & Illuminates?
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“This feeling… of alertness to the inner-spirit of things — this humming — comes from a hard-earned understanding of the impermanence of things and, indeed, our own impermanence. This lesson ultimately animates and illuminates our lives. We become witnesses to the thrilling emergency of the present — a series of exquisite and burning moments,…
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The 1st Of A Million Tributes
We were graced with an amazing day to climb Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain in the Adirondacks to honor Shaun’s memory on August 10, 2018. Just a handful of friends joined me to let fly some of Shaun’s ashes from the fire tower. The humidity that was dogging us lifted overnight after a dramatic late night thunderstorm.…
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Layout Creek Avian Escort
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A 46 second video of a recent hike… listen for the bird and see if you can tell what it is! He was mostly grey, with light circles around the eyes, some striping on the wings and tail, a lighter underside… about 6 inches tall. Enjoy!
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Bouquet River Dip
These hot Adirondack days my favorite road trip is south to the mountains and a swim in the Bouquet River along Route 73… We have a new favorite spot where, even on the hottest weekend day, we’ve not had to share the river with another soul! These photos were taken for fun with a GoPro…
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Simplify!
Lately I have been concentrating on simplifying. Namely, paring down possessions by selling and giving things away to friends and strangers. Living in the land of plenty we tend to collect possessions – it’s a deeply ingrained priority of our society… One that is so accepted and so closely followed that one can seem strange to coworkers…
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WanderNotes
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WanderNotes 28 September 2013 Northbound 35 morning – point au roche to chazy 44 degrees, 92% humidity cold on the bike… the canada geese leading me north, talking, talking, talking as they fly and land and take off and land and eat corn… fog clinging to the corn, and still being made over the…
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Smileflowers
This was simply a challenging week for me… the loss of a dear soul… the difficult tasks innate in being someone’s boss… so I went back a few weeks in my photo archives to present to you some wonderful smiling faces! Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) are native to the Americas and grown for their seeds, oil…
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(Hu)mans Shall Not Live By Bread Alone…
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“We believe in puppet theater as a wholesome and powerful language that can touch men and women and children alike, and we hope that our plays are true and are saying what has to be said, and that they add to your enjoyment and enlightenment.” – Peter Schumann About 15 years ago I…
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Blueberry Summer
This summer we discovered a very fun activity in our own backyard. One lovely day we decided to go berry picking at a local farm and store. Friends had been raving about how many pounds of blueberries they picked, and we were looking for something to do outside… We gathered our plastic containers and straw…
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Lena’s Crazy Quilt
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Over the 87 years The Alice has operated as a museum there have been times when interesting objects and letters came into the collection as donations or bequests. The museum has become a repository for genealogy and local history information as well as for some objects and textiles donated by local families. It is a…
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Wandering ‘the Gut’ in Winter
I often drive past a magical area along Lake Champlain that simply looks like a small tree-lined stream running between farm fields. The magic cannot be experienced from the road, but I know where it is as drive over Riley Brook – a brook that flows east toward the lake and meanders through a haven…
Wander Artist & Tabula Rasa Studio 