Children and Nature

Now that the heat is going away, we are spending even more time outdoors. I find it extremely important to teach my daughter about the environment around her, and how to take care of it. This morning we went for a hike on the nearby Natchez Trace. This is the second official “hike” she’s gone [...]

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Exploring Responsibly

While I was camping last month in the Smoky Mountains, I was appalled to watch as our camping neighbors gathered a large tub of river rocks to take home with them. I was further surprised to learn that the “taking” of native plants is so widespread that it’s actually causing an imbalance of those ecosystems [...]

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Take a Hike

It’s summer here in the states and most of us who are “not dabbling in normal” are very busy with the weeding, mulching, fertilizing, harvesting, canning, etc. on top of all the other regular chores we tackle on a daily basis.  For many of us, myself included, its very hard to take a day off [...]

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