audio narrative: Walk in the Time of Coronavirus
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As we enter a new phase of the pandemic – and Blissful recovers – let’s look back to the beginning.
audio narrative: Afton on the Stay-at-Home-Order
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Taking a walk in early spring and thinking about the coming limits to our freedom to move.
password: bluebell
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One Thursday in spring, bluebells explode into a sea of color like a holy shrine at Carley State Park, MN.
spring song
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The volume’s turned up on muddy trails at Minnesota’s William O’Brien State Park and my ears open to the music of early spring.
wild river afternoon
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A solo late winter snowshoe in Wild Rover State Park introduces surprises in myriad foot prints.