Do you like to see wild animals in their natural habitat? If so, I recommend a visit to Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan if visiting India. It’s about 130 kilometers from Jaipur, a city well worth visiting too, and 13.5 kilometers from the city of Sawai Madhopur. It used to be the hunting grounds for … Continue reading Ranthambore National Park is Delightful
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Birdwatching to Find Peace
The news has been so distressing recently given the death of more than 17,000 people in Gaza and the slaughter of about 1,200 Israelis by Hamas on October 7th. This is horrifying as is the ongoing war in Ukraine and the threat to American democracy posed by would-be dictator Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s leading … Continue reading Birdwatching to Find Peace
Walking to Watch the World
What is your favorite form of physical exercise? Mom and baby ducks swimming in nearby canal I really love yoga and swimming as both activities use your whole body and can be quite relaxing. However, my favorite form of exercise has to be walking because this is when you can truly engage with your surroundings. … Continue reading Walking to Watch the World
Dusk Rendezvous
Crunching down on leaves and acorns Walking in the woods nearby A sparrow sings From the branches of an oak tree As I wander past Over the creaky wooden bridge The creek it covered is gone now Too little rain to sustain it Two squirrels chase each other Up a tree, with only their bushy … Continue reading Dusk Rendezvous
BIRDS
During our visit we intended to do many things and we did. I was over ambitious within the time frame of those few weeks as some we could never have … BIRDS A nice post for bird lovers like myself and John Edwards, the author of this blog.
A Life of Abundance
List 30 things that make you happy. Not necessarily in order of importance. 1. Our sons 2. My husband 3. My sisters and brother 4. The good memories I have of my parents 5. Listening to music 6. Our cat and dog 7. My friends 8. Living in Spain 9. Remembering all the places I … Continue reading A Life of Abundance
Nightly Gratitude Habit
How do you express your gratitude? Every night before I go to sleep, I give thanks for at least five things that happened each day for which I am grateful. Oftentimes I am giving thanks for a delicious meal, time with friends, getting to a destination safely, hearing from a family member or something along … Continue reading Nightly Gratitude Habit
A Day in the Life of a Mayfly
Mayfly photo By Susan Champion A Day in the Life of a Mayfly is all the time she’s got to swarm in daylight sky until darkness calls the shot a few short hours to soar and achieve a life time’s goal would she wish for more or accept this is her role along with a thousand … Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Mayfly
Visiting Santiago de Compostela
On Saturday, the day after we finished walking the Camino, we went to a government building in Santiago de Compostela to get our certificates acknowledging our completion of the walk. You need to have walked at least 100 kilometers on any Camino to get this certificate and we walked 143 kilometers. So we more than … Continue reading Visiting Santiago de Compostela
Day Five on the Camino
Weather was beautiful today, clear skies, moderate temperatures and no rain. Unfortunately, we have all had enough of the Camino. Santiago Ways, the company we booked our trip with, consistently underestimated the kilometers we need to walk to get from one city to another. Perhaps they are just calculating the distance from city A to … Continue reading Day Five on the Camino
US Author Nancy Klein in Spain 