“For hope to have substance, it has to acknowledge the pain. But hope is saying that’s not the final story. It’s not saying pain doesn’t exist, but it’s saying there isn’t a period at the end of that sentence .” Tim Foreman. So fellow travelers, this quote comes from a member of Switchfoot my favorite […]
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Lighting the Lamps of Hope
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 19, 2016
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Return to Sterling: postscript
So fellow travelers, a few more thoughts rattling around my brain about the first hike of the season. I returned from my Spring Equinox hike feeling more peaceful than I had in weeks. As I said in my earlier post, I didn’t know what shifted, I just know something settled in my heart which eased […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 13, 2016
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Easter Lace
So fellow travelers, I miss Spring. It was here not long ago. Pretty little periwinkles in my daylily bed. I regret to report they expired after snow and frost hit this week. and I found it not too terribly far away when I traveled to Philly to spend Easter Sunday with my family. Yellow explosions […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 9, 2016
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Chasing Light
So fellow travelers, the light as I was driving into work a few days ago was incredible. Incredibly poetic and incredibly frustrating too. Driving past image after image I longed to capture, unable stop all I could do was take mental snapshots and make notes of shots to get on a future morning off, provided of course […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 8, 2016
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Return to Sterling: Lakeside
So fellow travelers, if there is one lesson I have learned and taken to heart, it is this: When my soul is restless, when something is amiss, when my body, mind and spirit are out of sync there is only one reliable remedy I can take. I take a hike, or at the very least […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 6, 2016
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Fortune Teller’s Bones
So fellow travelers, I used this imagery twice in recent posts so I took some time to listen closely until a haiku emerged. Cruel winds rattle leaves Hollow fortune telling bones Winter lingers long and now we return to the trail at Sterling …. Walk gently on the path my friends and may adventure find […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 5, 2016
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Return to Sterling
So fellow travelers, a few weeks ago the Vernal Equinox dawned on a Sunday morning with a cold, unforgiving forecast. It would have been easy to hunker down in the warmth of my favorite reading chair and finish the compelling book I was reading about bees. Yet some persistent need sent me rummaging for my […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 4, 2016
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Weather or not: The art of hiking from home
So fellow travelers, I woke this morning to howling winds and white out conditions. SOC shot of the view from my bedroom this morning blurry from blowing snow. Looks like Ma Nature’s big April Fool’s joke this year was to send us snow in a bit more abundance than the “scattered snow showers,” originally […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 3, 2016
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A Blessing
So fellow travelers, I’m on a quick road trip to visit family. The early light created some simple words this morning Easter morning Light Peace and blessings fill all hearts Let Love grace your days. I hope you celebrate Spring and new life in the ways which bring you joy. Walk gently on the path […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 27, 2016
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Reflections
So fellow travelers, yesterday was gloriously mild and precipitation free. Right after work, I dashed down to the trails by Onondaga Lake where this vista and poem unfolded You have walked it seems for lifetimes to reach this shore only to realize there is no way to cross except for a bridge of clouds and […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 9, 2016
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