I know what you mean about nature...I have returned from 3 nights in a yurt in snowy winter.. the best times were when I laid down on the lake ...alone....
solace is what I seek.

I don't know about woods, but we do have lots of ocean and some good trails for walking ... now that you're only a few hours away, come and visit the central coast. Food and a good aerobed are yours ...

I LOVE that Bruno quote. It's on my cube wall wipe board. Blew me away when I saw it today in your post. Groovy you.

Sometimes, less is more.

I have been having a very unnerving sensation fo the past few weeks. Every day I get weaker and weaker from hunger for a secluded forest somewhere, without any other people, where I can organize and look at all my thoughts in peace. It is becoming unberable, all of this city noise of cars and constant planes. I really need to get in touch with nature soon, before I go insane.

and that was just enough.

it is in the tiny moments and the simplicity of life that we all can find the most beauty.

Good ... I will still read your work, lengthy or pithy, dark or illumintated with whatever it is that comes through your windows each day and warms your thoughs.

And a favor ... Can you suggest three books I should pick up tomorrow (Wednesday here in Europe)as my one and only english language book shop goes out of buisness? I am setting out for some lengthy travel and will have ages of hours to read ...

i like this post. i can smell it!

...discernment...

"If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth lifing."-Henri Poincare

Why we keep coming back to your blog...your ability to grasp and put that in visual form!

I've been craving the woods as well... in fact, we are looking to buy property at the moment- that has lots of woods... it's so secluded that I look forward to the long walks like I use to have. I worry about something happening because there is so many "bad" people now-a-days. Be safe! :)

thanks for sharing, Keri! you've brought us closer to the woods you've been..

ha ha! it's a mystery object.

but what is that a picture of...a hoagie roll? a sand dune reflecting in the bay? does it really matter?

I feel this way too when I post on my blog...i worry too much about my posts being interesting or insightful, afraid that if they are not...no one will want to visit me again. There are times when I have just wanted to write about about my day, what i had for lunch, what i bought at the store, etc...but I never do. Your post has opened me up to the idea of giving it a try...

Sometimes reading about how someone carries sticks home on their hat and craves the woods is better than reading something enlightening. You always remind me of the good things, going out to explore and bringing things home - the weather right now makes me want to stay inside all day.
(By the way, what is that thinbg? A frozen leaf?)

The others are right. The details are important too. You don't always have to be abstract and profound. Sometimes there is more life in the concrete.

Why is it WE FEEl everything has to be SPECTACILAR or it is nothing???
Namaste,
MB

this sounds like a yummy, rustic, nature-y day and Velvet is right...it is intelligent and enlightening.

and, I meant to say your post *was* intelligent and enlightening -- the so-called small details are what make life interesting, to me...they are what is truly important.

...ahhh..

but Keri...

it is intelligent

and enlightening...

Hey, sometimes you just have to keep it simple.

Oh Keri, I'm craving the woods as well! my husband walks in the woods all winter long, but i've been too lazy/cold/frightened (I broke my leg on ice a few years ago -- we're in a place w/ snow!) to go...though just today I was thinking I need to just GO anyway...