http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2008/10/ours-for-the-looking/ Nourishment and inspiration for those who love the Earth Fri, 18 May 2012 22:08:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2008/10/ours-for-the-looking/comment-page-1/#comment-482 April Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:37:40 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=166#comment-482 Yes! I very much like your description, Jim! Yes! I very much like your description, Jim!

]]> http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2008/10/ours-for-the-looking/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Jim Z. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:51:20 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=166#comment-480 When we take our winter treks through sometimes hip-deep snowdrifts to a nearby cabin, I have to be gently reminded to stop periodically along the way, stand quietly, and just take in whatever surrounds us. My wife is every bit as strong a hiker as me; she is just more sensitive to the nuances, the changing micro-features of nature. It may be cold, wiith low sun and windy at 10,000 feet, but nature still has miraculous abundance. It can be a set of newly laid cottontail footprints, or a snowbird's song. Ours for the seeing, the listening, the tasting, the stinging on the skin, the leaning into the wind. When we take our winter treks through sometimes hip-deep snowdrifts to a nearby cabin, I have to be gently reminded to stop periodically along the way, stand quietly, and just take in whatever surrounds us. My wife is every bit as strong a hiker as me; she is just more sensitive to the nuances, the changing micro-features of nature. It may be cold, wiith low sun and windy at 10,000 feet, but nature still has miraculous abundance. It can be a set of newly laid cottontail footprints, or a snowbird’s song. Ours for the seeing, the listening, the tasting, the stinging on the skin, the leaning into the wind.

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