My Nature Journal

Why?

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As I approach my 4 year mark in the blogging world, I find it useful to ask myself “Why?”  Why do I do this?  And why can’t I stop? For the Love of Writing I am a writer. I write. That’s what I do. In elementary school, I wrote poems in a little book with [...]

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Life and Play

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I turned 40 in December and I feel like I have a whole new perspective. I feel stronger. I have more conviction when I speak. I’m more confident in myself. I’m spending less time doing what I don’t like and more time focused on what I love.  Weird. Because I don’t really put a lot [...]

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Camp Quick, Camp Local

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Mr. Play Parks spends long hours at his office and yearns to get outdoors on the weekends. Our day trips aren’t really enough for a guy who spent a childhood camping for family vacations.  I’m always up for an adventure, so we decided to test out Caspers Wilderness Park campground for camping local.  If you [...]

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What to do? What to do?

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My brain has been working overtime to answer the question of what to do with your kids over this winter break.  You know what?  The answers are so simple! #1 – Do Nothing Guess what? I give you permission to play. I give you permission to let your kids be BORED! (Don’t worry they will [...]

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5 of My Personal Holiday Favorites

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One of the pitfalls of a park website is much less readers when the weather is cold or at times when lots of family activities take us away from our normal routine.  That’s a good thing!!  I revert to my childhood habit of goofing off when I think no one’s looking.  So how about I [...]

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