Blowin’ My Mind

by Lynn Daniels on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 9:15 am

Marked Trail

I’ve had a lot of mind blowin’ lately. Could be my mental state. Could be the weather. Could also be that it’s just plain starting to go.

After my last post, we did a couple more days of hiking in different parks. We went to one that had a beautiful nature trail. A short nature trail. A well-marked nature trail. And still my daughter yelled, “We SUCK at following marked trails!” Luckily, we caught that one early. Thank goodness for trails identified by color.

Note to Georgia State Parks: When the trail crosses a bridge, maybe your signage shouldn’t point to an entirely different trail!
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Break Me

by Lynn Daniels on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 10:35 am

Lately, I’ve found it much easier to go about my life without turning on a computer. Sure, our desktop upstairs is running, and I use it to check the weather every morning, but beyond that — nothing. Nada. No forum visits. No blog posts. No tweets (except that one essentially saying in 45 words or less what I’m saying right now). I haven’t even been syncing my iPod.

It’s almost comical. Frankie sits right next to my spot on the couch, but he sits closed. With my label maker on top of him.
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Tagged: Hiking, Kids, NaNoWriMo, Parks, Writing