Category Archives: Creative nonfiction

Connecting nature and natural processes to broader perspectives or life lessons

Fountain of Youth

Posted on February 23, 2025 by timmo53

“Nature is not only stranger than we suppose, nature is stranger than we can suppose.”  ― J.B.S. Haldane, Possible Worlds, 1927 ********* This story concerns my best recollections from late 2011 through the spring of 2012, nearly seven years after … Continue reading →

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Stories from Nature II. What are stories?

Posted on February 11, 2025 by timmo53

“Authors do not choose a story to write, the story chooses us.” ― Richard P. Denney Stories from Nature is my sandbox for exploring fundamental questions: about balancing work and play, the challenges of growing old in a not-so-healthy world, … Continue reading →

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On the Brink

Posted on February 8, 2025 by timmo53

Is there a place for the hopeless sinner who has hurt all mankind just to save his own beliefs?     –   “One Love”    Bob Marley Yesterday (2.6.2025) was Bob Marley’s birthday. I should be grateful for his music, … Continue reading →

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Staying Afloat

Posted on January 31, 2025 by timmo53

(edited February 1, 2025) At the beginning of yoga class last week, one of the instructors commented,” You -or we- need to keep you from becoming an old man…” I think she meant to encourage me, but there was a … Continue reading →

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Yoga and Gratefulness

Posted on January 14, 2025 by timmo53

A couple of years ago, my wife Lynn and I joined a class called “chair yoga”. In part, this was one way to get some exercise, build strength or regain it, meet new people, and keep ourselves alert and engaged … Continue reading →

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Stories from Nature – I. Preface

Posted on January 6, 2025 by timmo53

The new tagline for AnOutdoorEducation is “Stories from Nature”. As I turn my attention toward making this site more useful, content-rich and engaging, some of the older posts already feel a bit wordy and outdated. So I hope to rekindle … Continue reading →

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New Year’s resolution 2025

Posted on December 31, 2024 by timmo53

First of all, I feel like should make a few comments about the new year’s resolution ritual itself. In my experience, one well-crafted resolution is enough. If there are more goals or stipulations, it helps to have some glue or … Continue reading →

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Twelve Days of ….

Posted on December 29, 2024 by timmo53

Many years ago my wife Lynn and I devised our own version of a Christmas tradition. We celebrate with this simple ritual based on the “Twelve Days of Christmas” song and concept: one gift per day, beginning on December 25 … Continue reading →

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Thoughts about essays

Posted on January 28, 2024 by timmo53

Essays are all about understanding… the world around us, the past, searching for meaning, and simply discovery in its own right. Much has been written about essays, but here I want only to make two points: 1) that the word essay … Continue reading →

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Flying Lessons

Posted on January 3, 2024 by timmo53

Early one morning the crisp fall air crackled with the voices of a thousand birds announcing their arduous southward journey. Though some will not return, go they must. And so sweet pre-dawn songs of homesteading had given way to the … Continue reading →

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