by Collin Stuart Chambers
WALK NOW OR WALK IN THE DARK Negotiating time with the setting sun and an impending afternoon thunderstorm… I sit with my beloved companion, my MacBook lovingly called Leona, and perform tasks that qualify as both work and play, while the clock hands spin madly...
by Collin Stuart Chambers
Sir, Your Quads Are on Fire Because You hiked 30 Miles in the Smokies Yesterday I met an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker at the Cosby Knob Shelter a few weeks ago who was genuinely puzzled. His feet, he explained with the bewildered sincerity of someone reporting a minor...
by Collin Stuart Chambers
These days, I am mostly an evening walker. I do some yoga in the morning after my meditations and then sit… way too much… at my computer, working on one of the many projects I seem to always have going on. In the wintertime, it was a constant struggle to...
by Collin Stuart Chambers
There is no shortage of tools available to the modern human seeking peace of mind. Meditation apps. Breathwork protocols. Journaling prompts. Affirmations recorded in soothing voices and delivered to your earbuds at six a.m. Mindset shifts. Nervous system resets. Cold...
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,...
