Nature's Canvas

While visiting Big Cypress National Preserve I got lost in the woods. Figuratively. I found out about Big Cypress while at Biscayne National Park and decided I had to visit before I headed back to Orlando. It was going to be a quick visit, so I decided to drive the 24-mile loop road, stopping just […]

What is it about water that draws a man? (Man meaning human.) I once created a book ruminating on that question for my mother-in-law who lived on a lake. It is a question with as many unique answers as there are humans. For me, the answer is simple: freedom, sustenance and support. There is a […]

I never imagined I would end up having lunch with horses. I mean, I didn’t get up that morning thinking I would be eating with them. Packing my backpack to catch the ferry to Cumberland Island National Seashore I was hoping to see them, but who would have thought? I had been trying to visit […]

Traveling and learning about other places, here and abroad, is fascinating to me. It’s like I am a sponge soaking up the history, the uniqueness and the beauty of my surroundings. I don’t have the capacity to remember it all any more, but I sure do love learning. I recently had the opportunity to visit […]

Walking along a sugar white sand beach with cool clear teal waves rolling toward me, blanketing my feet, was itself a gift. So was wandering along the sandy paths through woods around a lake and marsh. I was feeling truly blessed by the opportunities that surrounded me on my visit to Panama City Beach. Then, […]

For those of you who don’t know me well, being outside, especially in the woods, is food for my soul. I know that sounds like a cliché, and it is to some degree. It’s hard to describe how it affects me, the way it calms me, relaxes me, and slows me down. There is a […]