As the political scene heats up and the winter cold starts becoming a reality, let’s take a few minutes for virtual walk through the Cherokee Forest in Tennessee. Here’s the start of our trail, that red rectangle, or blaze, on the tree to the left. The Japanese call this Shinrin-yoku or forest bathing because it is truly a cleansing thing: to be surrounded by nature, from trees overhead to mushrooms and moss underfoot, with birds calling out as they fly across the sky. Look up and see the colors changing, nature on its steady cycle forward. See the harmony of…
