I’ve been calling myself an atheist for years now, but it never really seemed like a totally accurate term for me. I’ve believed for about 10 years that god doesn’t exist, but there was this other sort of spiritual side of me that wasn’t totally satisfied with the atheist label. I’ve always felt a very spiritual connection to nature, and a belief that the natural world is somehow all spiritually connected in some way. Also, I’ve come to believe that when people die, some kid of spiritual …

I went outside just a few minutes ago and was surprised to see flurries, the first of the season. I’m definitely a little sad. With all the cold weather we got in August, I never really worked myself up to saying goodbye to the end of the summer. I usually get excited about the first flakes of snow, but this year I’m …

Yesterday M and I took a wonderful hike with a new local group called Nature Strollers .  We went to the Goose Pond Created Wetlands area at Goosepond Mountain State Park .  I’ was already planning to begin a nature notebook with M, so I figured this hike would be a great start for it.  Of course I haven’t actually gotten around to buying the actual …