Tag Archive for: Nearby nature

Rain, Rocks, and Chanterelles: Just an Ordinary Sunday in the Nearby Forest

My friend and I had planned our forest date days in advance. Nothing special, really, just an ordinary Sunday and an ordinary patch of forest close to home. But there’s something about that ordinariness I can never quite explain, except to say: it’s always enough. The Sunday morning didn’t promise anything remarkable. The sky was […]

Nature Boosts Health – You Don’t Need to Do Anything, Just Go There, Be There, And Let Nature Take Care

I walk into the forest wearing a twenty-year-old jacket, old torn sweatpants, and rubber boots. I have no measuring devices, snacks, time limit, or any specific plan other than to spend a moment in the nearby woods. I’m there for as long as I happen to be this time, basically doing nothing. And you know […]