Rewriting Thanksgiving traditions
Every family has different holiday traditions. Most families gather for a big meal on Thanksgiving. Some watch or play football. My family likes to run in a …
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To embark into the dark
No longer are the flashes of headlights streaming across the darkened landscape. Sometimes there is moonlight. But when there is no moon, there is always the dark.
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A moment of snow
Each footstep crunching beneath the layers of newly fallen leaves has now transitioned to the soft silence of detritus, and of snow. Autumn’s transition to winter has …
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This place, through their eyes
You can feel them approaching. It is a surge of energy, a tidal wave of enthusiasm and wonder, about to overtake this place. The momentary quiet of …
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What a walk can reveal
It is as simple as taking some time for yourself. So often are we scheduled from dawn until dusk, moving from meeting to meeting, checking the clock …
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Welcoming the falling rain
The rain, at first, came sweet and softly as if to tease, as if to taunt me. Light moisture perched upon my shoulder gave subtle call to …
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Art Afield
Last weekend was the Diablo Creative Arts Retreat: featuring courses on watercolors, nature journalling and silk painting. It was incredible! Our three amazing instructors were Molly Hashimoto …
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11th Annual Thunder Arm Writing Retreat: Rick, Kathleen, Jim and Holly in the North Cascades
North Cascades Institute is very fortunate to have so many talented and dedicated instructors leading a wide variety of classes, field excursions and retreats at the Learning …
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Memories from Mountain School
This spring I was given the task of organizing and coordinating Mountain School post-trip visits, where instructors visit the many classrooms of the students who participated in …
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The end of the 2009 spring Mountain School
The 2009 Spring Mountain School session has come to an end. For the members of Cohort 8 our days of teaching abiotic and biotic lessons in the …
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