“Walk soft, like whispers.” ~Aimee Bender

“I did not want to think 

about people. 

I wanted the 

trees, 

the scents 

and 

colors, 

the shifting shadows 

of the wood, 

which spoke a language 

I understood. 

I wished 

I could simply 

disappear 

in it, 

live like a 

bird 

or a fox 

through the 

winter, 

and leave the things I had
glimpsed 

to resolve themselves 

without me.” 

~Patricia McKillip

Some leaf peeping and hiking in the mountains.
Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire.
Joanna Vaughan Photography.