Tag: mindfulness

On Today’s Walk: Thanksgiving Edition

Today’s walk involved a fortunate discovery. The spouse and I are visiting some of his family in Oklahoma and staying in a hotel. I really wanted to make sure and get a walk before over—um, eating. Just eating.

Oh, hey, look at this park *right behind* the hotel!

Cement walkway through park. Small trees here and there. Blue sky.

The attractive gentleman below was a value-added component I brought to the experience. Notice anything in the sky? A lot of planes going through the air today.

Man walking on sidewalk, visible in profile. Many jet trails in mostly blue sky.

I maybe have mentioned a time or twenty on this blog that I always enjoy a little footbridge.

Footbridge over ditch leading to cement path in park. Building in background.

Such a sunny day, even the littlest critters around are casting shadows.

Black beetle on concrete with prominent shadow.
Pennsylvania dingy ground beetle

Just noticing the details of the world around is a good gratitude practice. Happy Thanksgiving, all!

Today’s New Thing

Jar of cranberry apple jam

Though I haven’t posted about it as much as I intended, I’m still on a quest for new experiences. They can be big or small. The little ones quite often can be pretty darned fulfilling . It’s not necessary to travel great distances or spend a lot of money to discover more of the world. It’s all a matter of attention and attitude.

So today’s new to me experience was eating cranberry-apple jam from the farmers’ market. So tasty! And yes, I am acclimating to farmers’ market shopping. I still stay only a few minutes, making one or two purchases. But it’s opening up my life some more.

Despite all the troubles, there’s still a whole world of delights all around us, waiting to be noticed. It’s important not to lose sight of that.

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