Creek

When you do things from your soul you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

~ Rumi

Got to walk the trails at s Jackson today much longer than usual and explored parts of the forest I had not yet made it to. What a gift those trails are to the kids. Saw my first snake of the year today...

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with friends

I shared my sit spot with five classes at South Jackson Elementary today.  I would do it again tomorrow if they would let me...

Today we watch kill deer, stuck our arms as far as they would go down vole trails in the grass, considered why coyote scat has hair in it, and listened...

we really listened...

all five classes...

to the silence.

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Light

A near perfect weather day spend at South Jackson Elementary School building our observational skills.

We listened to trees and found treasures along the trail.

I sat in the woods before the kids came down and watching the dew evaporate as the sun warmed the earth.

When the first kids arrived

they came in so quiet that the birds

only hooked up and got quiet enough

to see what was going on.

Beautiful.

Orange

I spent my day in the woods talking about trees to the great kids at South Jackson Elementary School.  Today wasn't sitting, but it was certainly observing.

Not everyday of sit spot is about sitting.  Some days one has to wander to see the silence...

Marbled Orb Weaver