Month: November 2016

Some days, I want to rush ahead: see that next view, get to that next stop, put another pin in my travel map. I know, I know: it’s the journey, not the destination. But sometimes its hard for me to remember that, especially when the days are rushing by, first Thanksgiving, then Christmas, and soon it will be New Year’s Eve and then 2017. Do you feel like that too? If you do, please join me and take a deep breath. Then let it out slowly and savor these images. Everything always takes time to grow. Your character, your learning, your friendships,…

Sometimes, I need to be reminded that life isn’t just the huge and sometimes overwhelming things, as it has felt the last few weeks. Life is also details, like this image. It could be a view of something under a microscope or a close up of a lace pattern but it’s actually salt dried over time on the flats at Badwater Basin here in Death Valley. As I walked the half mile out to the end of the Badwater Basin trail, I heard a lot of different languages and thought about how all of us — different words, different countries, different…