Thursday, January 23, 2020

The Freeing Nature of Winter Hikes


A winter forest is welcoming
in spite of - 
and precisely because of - 
her bitter barrenness

 The freeing grace of winter hikes 
is found in their openness 
where every direction
is a new and possible path
at

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