Outdoors – Maddy

Plum Tree Ponderings

When I was younger I thought of gifts only as things that were exchanged on holidays and birthdays: toys, money,

Each year I celebrate Earth Day by going on a plog. For those unfamiliar with the term, know that Thomas

1. In a brief moment of culinary inspiration last weekend I decided I wanted to bake some scones. I’d just

…but when I do, it’s because I am out on a walk and the sun is setting on a cool

Nowhere to Be (a “poem” I wrote typed on my phone while on a walk) What a privilege it is

For how much exploring I’ve done in California, so little of it has been south of Monterey. I’ve visited some

I spent yesterday morning painting. I was trying to paint an image of where I wish I were – in