“....because of all the things in this world that can hurt you and knock you down, I will never be one of them.” ~Sawyer Belle

“I have always loved the desert. 

One sits down on a desert sand dune, 

 sees nothing, 

hears nothing. 

Yet through the 

silence 

something throbs, 

 and gleams...” 

~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A picnic in the dunes and a hike to Marconi with my boys.
Provincetown, Cape Cod.
Joanna Vaughan Photography

“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough” ~Walt Whitman

 This is how 

you hold onto your family. 

You hold them with open hands 

so they are free to find 

futures of their 

own. 

It's just that 

simple.”

 ~Richard Peck

A beautiful hike with my brother, nephew, and my boy.
Nickerson State Park.
April 2015

“It seemed like all the way to tomorrow and over it to the days beyond.”~J.R.R. Tolkien

“Some journeys lead 

nowhere, 

but they 

set 

the spirit 

free”

 ~Jocelyn Murray

Lee Baldwin Trail tree climbing with my boy.

Museum of Natural History.

Brewster, Cape Cod

“The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.” ~Tahir Shah

 

“Come with me into the woods 

where spring is
advancing,

as it does, no matter 

what,
not being singular 

or particular,

 but one of the forever gifts, 

and certainly 

visible.” 

 ~Mary Oliver

A beautiful Easter day hike.

April, 2015.

Nickerson State Park, Brewster.