How can I get free of this stinking political and health fear-stuffed albatross?
Suppose this page is about you…and suppose you are wound up tighter than a drum by the tension of world wide and local politics and health. This page is your wayfinder.
THE PURPOSE OF THE BLOG AND ALL MY WRITING is to assist you the visitor to begin taking steps along a path toward discovering the regenerative existential cures to be freely found in plants, gardens and the landscape.
THE FIRST STEP is what could be called ‘nature prescriptions’–calibrated doses of time outside. Take a walk. But does the walk heal? What actually happens? What is on the path that takes you on a journey? Where do landscape journeys take you?
And why even take that path and that journey?
A walk, a journey just for the landscape?–heh, I know what you are thinking–we all know what landscape is, right? Same old, same old, right?
flahertylandscape contends it is more–consider this:
The landscape can be a private cocoon to rest the restless.
On the walk you may weave dreams full of surprise and delight yielding true moments of repose.
It can be a journey to unwind, to regenerate, to reconnect with inner peace, to nest away from the daily hustle and bustle.
…out one door…into a new world. I understand.
Living on the edge of a National Park we try to alternate swims in public baths with walks along a quiet stretch of canal or out into the surrounding hills. We only use camera phones for taking shots of views and natural details but otherwise walks are wonderful times for gentle exercise, replenishing mental batteries and companionship in beautiful surroundings. It starts with stepping out the front or back door…
We often enjoy what we call “a walk in the woods,” which really doesn’t require a forest, although that helps, but does require escape from the ambient noise of modern life.