The journey had a difficult start. A challenging conversation in the car with my best friend about our purpose - loving and serving others, and how to do that - simplifying our lives. Ouch.

My current creative pursuits and general spring time busy-ness hasn't left a lot of time for service, outside of my family (and I don't even do them justice some days) or simplicity. My mind is often in one hundred places in a single moment.
Yesterday's hike up Speckled Mountain didn't solve any of my mental, creative or spiritual quandaries but it gave reprieve and a view of something other than my unfinished garden beds.


[...] this weekend (maybe Saturday's hike really did help) I dropped expectations, cleared my mind and my weekly planner. And a funny thing [...]