Of trees and shrubs

June 9, 2020

June 9, 2020 By Nate Smelle Every time I look in my backyard I am reminded of a day more than a decade ago that ...

The new normal

June 2, 2020 By Nate Smelle “We are in this together,” seems to be the message resonating from most political, religious and corporate pulpits these ...

The cost of a life

May 26, 2020 By Nate Smelle Every moment we are alive from at least our first breath until our last we are learning. As we ...

Tasting music

May 19, 2020 By Nate Smelle Throughout the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic so far I have been making a conscious effort to physically distance ...

Leading by example

May 12, 2020 By Nate Smelle YOU REALLY LEARN a lot about yourself and the world in which we live writing down and sharing your ...

Appreciating a closer look

May 5, 2020 By Nate Smelle “Good walking leaves no track behind it,” once wrote the Chinese philosopher sage Lao Tzu.Standing in the rain, turning ...

Boldly backwards

April 28, 2020 By Nate Smelle New ideas are not always an improvement and old ways of thinking are not always wise.While I do believe ...

A golden chance

April 21, 2020 By Nate Smelle By means of this evolving crisis we are seeing changes in our daily lives on both the personal and ...

Appreciating the essentials

April 14, 2020 By Nate Smelle In the past few weeks we have been hearing, reading and seeing expressions of gratitude for the workers who ...

Peace amid a pandemic

April 7, 2020 By Nate Smelle Valuing nature requires the commitment of experiencing it firsthand. Walking the Heritage Trail the other day, watching the snow ...

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