Today, our small group of mice are safe on a little island that we have yet to name. We haven’t been here long. Maybe a week or two. A sweet young man who some of our friends met at the zoo helped us by ferrying us to this little island. I will tell our story […]
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In the summer of 2008, I participated in a 500-mile walk called the Witness Against War walk. On July 12th, we began our walk in downtown Chicago, Illinois. We arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the end of August. We spent most of our time walking through Wisconsin. We visited Minnesota three times as we
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… using my bucket list as their blanket… Today’s prompt was to share something from my bucket list. Two weeks ago, I talked about how I discovered that I had become a bird watcher. Well, now, I am a full fledged (pun intended) bird watcher, and I get so excited when I am able to
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“The longest walk starts with a single step” — Lao Tzu It’s never too late to be the person you want to be, whether that means finding your magical castle, performing on a big stage, or discovering the power of your own body. It may take a little more effort or some added motivation, but
A group of 24 Buddhist monks started a 2,300 mile walking journey on October 26th, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas. Their goal is to arrive in Washington, D.C., some time in February. The monks average twenty to thirty miles a day, and they walk every day. To me, that seems astounding. I’ve been on a
Part four from last time: Wolf walked on. Just then, he got very hungry. He wondered if he would feel hungry while sleeping. Abruptly, he woke up. He walked into the kitchen, where his mother was weeping over an onion. Or maybe something else??? prompts: skeletal, lesson, vacant, award “I had a nightmare last night,”
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The prompt today was to write about something fun and what could be more fun than walking in an area full of giant rock formation? Okay, maybe walking that same area at night under the stars? Would that make me a rock star? Hey, stop groaning, and don’t click that X at the top of
Part two Prompts for day eight through fourteen of Inktober are: reckless, heavy, sweep, sting, shredded, drink, and trunk. Where the story left off: Wolf gave his mother a special pair of earrings, which startled her, but he didn’t know why. She didn’t speak about her nonreaction. After that, Wolf talked to his mother about
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On August 14th, I had the opportunity to ride on the Edward M. Cotter, a 125-year-old fireboat that belongs to the City of Buffalo. It is considered to be the oldest working fireboat in the world, and it was designated a National Historical Landmark in 1996. That is interesting to me because I had no
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The Erie Canal was called “Clinton’s Big Ditch” by people who were very skeptical about the idea of digging a canal through wilderness. DeWitt Clinton was the governor of New York, and he saw the canal as a great opportunity to create infrastructure. This canal was to link the Hudson River with the Great Lakes,
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