critters galore
It’s #WordlessWednesday, so how about some pictures of animals and birds? When I’m out on walks, I really enjoy taking photographs of critters, so… here you go!
Travel
The 100 day art project
The 100-day art project began on February 22nd. Although I haven’t posted much of my art on social media, I have been doing something artistic each day to continue the project. In today’s post, as well as a few follow-up posts, I will share what I have been doing, day by day, as part of
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looking for food in all the right places
something is hidden under the glowing white sand something good to eat
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from the journal of Maisie the mouse
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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my love letter to Minnesota
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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birds sitting in my bucket…
… 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…
“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
walking for peace
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
The tale of the mustachioed man
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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