get back in touch with nature

I’ve started running in the mornings and I wish there were a way to combine running with really being outside… I mean, I AM outside on my jogs but I wish I could run through the forest or something. I guess I oughta start looking for a nice park to run through, to aid my running and appease my love for nature.

i feel like i did this while i was at camp, but it’s hard to feel connected to pretty much anything at home. i’ll find a way. but, for now, i consider this goal completed.

it really does feel good to be outside in the fresh air, among the trees, breathing in all the smells, TRUE smells, not fake ones packed in plastic. people distract me. i wish i had a way—maybe just the confidence—to tell people to bugger off for a while. i guess that’s what my next goal should be.

in about a week i will be completely “wilderfied”; that is to say, i will be camping out in the woods for two weeks as a part of my summer camp program. i’m very excited… making fire, listening to the woods… hell, just walking around under the green treelight will be nice. i hope it is as liberating as it seems.

F had offered to let me garden at his house and I was tempted but good sense tells me that wouldn’t be a wise thing to do.

I’ll just continue with my balcony garden – herbs and flowers and make sure to get out and take walks etc as it warms up.

I also would like to try my hand at some nature photos but to be honest I really don’t think I have a very good eye for photos.