Walking composition “And are not men than they more blind, Who having eyes yet never find The bliss in which they move”—from “Walking,” by Thomas Traherne (1637-1674) I broke a bunch of Mason jars last week, nice… Read more

I’ve been doing a lot of gardening recently, probably more than at any other time of my life except when my spouse and I bought our first house nearly twenty years ago and thought we’d… Read more

Walking composition “To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.” —The Magna Carta, 1215 I have a tendency to overcommit. It’s not a failing I’m unconscious of, nor… Read more

Walking composition “I could stand to have my back broken if this was the way a spine could grow back.” —Charlotte Gill, Eating Dirt I spent two hours last weekend spot-spraying Canadian thistles with vinegar.… Read more

Walking composition “No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.” —Spinoza The light recently has been remarkable. Sometimes we get days like that, often during or between bouts of rain.… Read more

Walking composition “The private property society is . . . a bizarre mutation alien to most of humanity.” —Andro Linklater, Owning the Earth A story came across my feed yesterday regarding a court case in… Read more

A little over a year ago, early in our state’s lockdown, I watched one of my children crumble into a million pieces. She’d held up okay until then. We’d done a lot of family walks,… Read more

Walking composition “The law is to protect property, and it thinks too much of property.” —Shadows on the Rock, Willa Cather I just read All Systems Red, the first in Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries series.… Read more

Walking composition “J said, You don’t believe in God? And I said,No. I believe in this connection we all haveto nature, to each other, to the universe.And she said, Yeah, God.”—Ada Limón, from “What It… Read more

Walking composition “I want to be where all the ground is friendly.” —My Ántonia, Willa Cather I went up to a Forest Service cabin last week, by myself, just me and a pile of books… Read more