Category: Nature
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Chauncey Peak at Crescent Lake
One of my favorite local hikes is Chauncey Peak at Crescent lake. It’s a loop trail that’s only a couple miles long. The beginning is a steep ascent (very steep – you need to be in good shape to hike the first part) to Chauncey Peak, then you walk along the ridge with Crescent Lake…
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Amadahy and the Raindrop
The rainstorm was a welcome break from the midsummer heat, but as suddenly as it had come, so did it vanish, leaving a thick dampness which caught on their skin. Quickly evaporating from the earth under the brilliant sun, the fallen rain misted and rose in billowing columns, creating a surreal landscape in which the…
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My First Earned Meal
My two best friends and I ripped along the rippled water at fifty miles-per-hour, trying to outrun the black mass a quarter mile to our left. Anyone familiar with Biscayne Bay or the surrounding ocean in South Florida has seen the wall before. It’s a dark gray wall beneath a thunderhead, a distinct wall of…
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What’s the Point, He Thought
He lay on the grass watching the invisible sky, comfortable, not feeling much of anything. There he was, a conscious human, aware of the fact that his consciousness was pondering its own existence, aware of the beauty surrounding him, although it didn’t touch him like he thought maybe it should. It was just there, as…
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The Symphony of Life
He sat with his back to the tree, eyes closed, listening. There was only the music of the forest, the summer breeze tickling the leaves which shimmered back and forth, waving at their guest below, welcoming him to their protective canopy. The songbirds chirped from the swaying treetops, and in the distance a woodpecker battered…
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A Few Pictures
These are a few pictures from the last few weeks. This is one of the most stunning sunsets I’ve seen. There was a thick layer of clouds, and the undersides were lit a bright, glowing pink. Unfortunately, as I was on my way home from work, all I had was my phone camera, which doesn’t…
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City Wanderer
A lone man wanders through the streets From horns and lights his mind retreats His thoughts are with the flowing streams That each night occupy his dreams The busy people looking down Fingers typing, a slight frown The smiling man might have no home His spirit, though, is free to roam
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Winter Weather
You start your car 20 minutes before you have to leave for work, otherwise the day would be off to an even more miserable start, your breath fogging up the windshield while you duck and try to see the hazy road through the small clearing in the frost, directly above the flow of air that…
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Jessie Gerard Trail, Barkhamsted, CT
If I didn’t take another day off of work before the end of the year, I would have lost it, so I took today off. After breakfast I grabbed Buddy (Rigs was at the vet) and made the 45 minute drive out to Barkhamsted, which has one of my favorite hikes in the state, the…
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Hiking with Dogs
I spent part of my Thanksgiving going on a hike with Buddy & Rigs. As soon as I grab the leashes, or say the word “hike”, they know it’s on. Usually I’ll tell them 30 minutes or more in advance of our departure so I can selfishly enjoy their uncontained excitement as they prance around,…