This mid-term election is pivotal to the future of this country in so many ways - all of which I won’t attempt to cover.

This election let’s look beyond ourselves and our immediate concerns.

Each fall, the legacy of the various trees in the woods is created by their fallen foliage, individually and collectively in balance with the surrounding forest.

The milkweed itself, will never see the results of the sown seeds. Working in concert with the wind, their seeds are released to create a new future.

A lesson that we can learn from the buffalo.

We can't always say "Thank You" to those who have helped us over the years, so in return, we can Pay it Forward. I'm a strong believer in doing so, whenever possible. Oftentimes mixed in with a random act of kindness for good measure!

While vacationing at Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores, Alabama in 2019 spring, I almost lost my camera. Thanks to an alert restaurant server, luckily that didn’t happen.

Studying this colorful flower against the backdrop of green plants, my mind started asking philosophical questions. We see things all day, but remember very little. We hear words, though recall but a few.

The alpine tundra is a very fragile environment. Notice how little topsoil and vegetation exists before the underlying stone is exposed. Simply walking across it (as one would walk across a lawn), can innocently cause years of harm

n one area of the hike, the woods give way to an old farm field, now filled with tall grasses and seasonal wildflowers. This field opens to a larger field below. At the base of this hillside field is a pile of rocks.