All tagged winter
In the depths of the northern “Big Dark,” Eric Lucas makes the gentle case for doing nothing—and finding peace there. As rain lashes the windows and ambition goes dormant, a gray winter day becomes a kind of true nirvana: no striving, no guilt, just rest, reflection, and the quiet wisdom of letting the season be what it is.
Regular hikes in nature are an essential component of Nancy King’s well-being. Being in nature helps her to connect to herself and to heal the wounds of childhood trauma. But winter hikes, slogging through deep snow, one foot in front of the other, are exhausting. What kept her going this past winter was finding something she’d never seen before—snow and ice hearts. The more she hiked, the more heart stones she saw, and the more she saw, the more her heart healed.
A winter adventure to view the Aurora Borealis in Finland revealed uncomfortable emotions for author Elyn Aviva when nature’s most spectacular light show wasn’t quite what she’d expected.
