Our Journey Begins
Hey there. I’m new here. And this is where my journey begins. There is so much wonder, so much to learn, things to see and experience. But so little time… I’m a curious and creative soul and I feel connected in my core, in my soul, to the nature that is alive and bountiful around me. That is, because I live in a forest. A tiny cabin sits amidst western hemlocks, a few pines, and there is evidence of truly massive red cedars that had, at one point, been the giants of this forest. I long to have known them. I climb atop their large stumps and see the brutal truth of what lay around the base, tossed away, the shiny brown flesh of the giant that once stood here. My heart weeps, it will never know the beauty of the giant. A giant that I know was once home to a noisy stellar jay, an impromptu escape route for a playful chipmunk, or offered a resting place among its strong branches to an old owl. I will never know its long flowing boughs or its old, rough bark. I will never truly understan