rocks in log in river

Cedar Gap

And this no longer looks like a trail. I was looking forward to hiking Cedar Gap as it was a second time for me. We tried this last summer. I recall slipping on some rocks on a downward slope. It scared me for a second and I regained footing with a few scratches of the […]

Cedar Gap Read More »

wild berries

Cooking Lesson

Gratitude. I should be in a constant state of gratitude for my new life in the country, but I’m not always there. I’m more of a brat than I want to admit. I am still making adjustments; some services are slower than I’d like or they’re limited. No store in town has tahini paste, marjoram,

Cooking Lesson Read More »

snow and creek

Here I Go…

Today I walked/hiked down a snowy hillside, baked an elderberry crisp and pulled thorns from a dog. This is an improvement over last year when I was administering a standardized test and commuting home through heavy South Florida traffic. How? God. While I dreamed for years of moving to the countryside, I felt that taking

Here I Go… Read More »