The day dawned warm and clear with bright blue skies. Early mornings offer a quiet escape into the woods. Silence focuses the mind to the present experience of the forest. A snap of a twig, a rock slide in the distance, the sound of the breath as one climbs upward. Blue skies, white snow, deep green pine needles, the faint sound of water running beneath the ice. Beaver ponds still frozen, … [Read more...]