Monthly Archives: May, 2014
Rebuilding the ant hill after the rain.
Today’s image of simplicity. There are anthills all over this campground. You’d be hard pressed to find a square foot of ground without one. This day I happened to be looking down and saw this anthill, all wet and fresh with two or three ants busily stacking pieces of dirt up, one after another, …
Shells on a shelf.
Today’s image of simplicity. I found these pieces on Sandbridge Beach during my two night getaway earlier this month. Broken parts of shells that once were perfectly formed treasures of the sea–solid homes for squishy little creatures, suddenly cast aside in the interest of more space. Then they floated, and floated and rushed up …
Today’s images of simplicity
After being here for over a month, we decided it was time to take a walk around Colonial Williamsburg…on the first really hot day of the year. We had been waiting for the humidity to come. This day it did. Just enough to bring on some serious sweat. But still, there was so much to …
After the sunrise
Today’s moment of simplicity. Three weeks ago we stayed a couple days at my aunt and uncle’s house on the beach. We went to help them out with moving, but the reward was so worth it. Two days looking out at the Atlantic Ocean. A real horizon. Nothing obstructing the view. I felt nourished …
Campsite Zen Garden
Today’s image of simplicity. Sometimes I wish I could be this Buddha statue. Sitting quietly, solidly, in an obscure corner, surrounded by flowers, watching my thoughts pass by like clouds…
on the road to simplicity 