by Collin Stuart Chambers
NATURE ALWAYS KNOWS WHAT TO DO Whether we are involved or not… My neighbor died this past February. That means something different up here than it might mean elsewhere. He was my closest full-time neighbor, and still over a mile away. In the other direction, my...
by Collin Stuart Chambers
Look up in a maritime forest where live oaks reign, and you might catch one of nature’s most elegant mysteries: crown shyness. There, against the sky, the canopy creates a living jigsaw puzzle—each tree’s leaves stopping just short of its neighbor’s,...
by Collin Stuart Chambers
I saw an opossum walking down my snowy road the other day. I was admiring his cute little tracks. And then a powerful childhood memory popped into my mind that I hadn’t thought about in quite some time… When I was a child, we lived in a small house in a cul-de-sac in...
by Collin Stuart Chambers
Walking as a Sacred Path… Have you heard the phrase “Hike your own hike?” It is one of those phrases that make a lot of sense when you first hear it, and then it becomes commonplace or even a little annoying. Regardless of its’ triggering factor, the message is spot...
by Collin Stuart Chambers
I held the intention to walk the length of the Foothills Trail, present, and intuitively… choosing a place to camp each night based on how I felt and where I wanted to travel… feeling fully in harmony with my surroundings and having no rigid schedule to steer my path....
