California’s Spring Super Bloom
The super bloom in California this year comes on the heels of a rainy winter. Flowers blanket hills, canyons, deserts, and parks. The super bloom 2019 is the most widespread…
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Exploring Mission Trails Park
When I want to relax, I can drive a short distance from my home to Mission Trails Regional Park. A quiet visitor’s center is tucked into the hills, just off…
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A Winter’s Day Walk
All the leaves are brownAnd the sky is grey;I’ve been for a walkOn a winter’s day.I’d be safe and warmIf I was in L.A.California dreaming . . .on such a…
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A Simple Place
Where do you go when you need life to be more simple? It could be a room in your house, a nearby park or woods, or if you have young…
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Still
Being still does not mean don’t move. It means move in peace. —E’yen A. Gardner This place on the river is a place of stillness. Water gurgles, birds swoop overhead,…
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Winter Gold
What are the colors of the landscape where you live? We have no crystal white snow here. Some trees stand bare, but others are their perpetual green. Winter blooms are…
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What I Found by the River
Have you been surprised lately by some small, unexpected discovery? I went for a hike along the river, where I hadn’t been in several weeks. Curious about whether winter was…
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Those Who Smooth Our Paths
Sometimes when we are exploring out in nature we will find places where people have provided some help for us. A few unobtrusive steps, for example, on the path that…
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Finding Water
I live in a city built on a desert. To sustain life, those living here 200 years ago desperately needed one thing: water. So they built a dam on the…