State of Wilderness

Author: keely

  • Martin Creek Lake State Park

    Martin Creek Lake State Park

    A spectral light shines through the mist at the end of the road.  It’s New Year’s weekend, and the campground is practically abandoned.  Dark shutters close off the ends of screened shelters sitting quiet in the night.  One could almost imagine spooky shadows rising out of them.  The spirit of the early settlers that passed…

  • Goals

    Last week, a girl at work asked a group of us what our goals were for 2017.  I told her a couple of short term work-type goals, but I didn’t get into my true goals of the year, since it wasn’t seemly for me to start dominating the conversation by listing my hobby goals.  However,…

  • Revival

    Revival

    This past year, my husband has been warning me that I was becoming one-dimensional. I pride myself on being somewhat of a complex person, and in fact that is one of the things he loves about me. Our conversations are usually so riveting, but it seemed like this past year I talked about little besides…

  • South Shore Park, Bastrop

    South Shore Park, Bastrop

    I’ve realized that I have gotten to a certain age in my life where all my idols are Master Naturalists.  This is why I felt lucky that we were in the presence of a couple of them on a nature hike last Saturday in South Shore Park.  We were actually at the park for a…