by kimqi | Apr 26, 2020 | Big Rock, Illinois
Purple cornfields in Big Rock. Yeah, that’s me parked on the side of the road with my hazards flashing as if something is wrong. I can’t help it. Sometimes I lay on the ground to take pictures, too. One time a young woman walked by and whispered loudly to her guy,...
by kimqi | Mar 19, 2020 | Covid
Today is the Spring Equinox. Day and night are equal. The Equinox is about balance and the tension between light & dark, life & death. I’ll tell you a secret: light & life always win in the Spring. I hold tight to this idea in these confusing times. I’ll...
by kimqi | Mar 8, 2020 | Spring Hiking, Starved Rock
I am still sharing the trail with lots of people rather than trying desperately to avoid them. It is going well, mostly. I won’t do it forever, but for now, it works. It feels safe. Today was busy because the weather was BEAUTIFUL. By early afternoon, crowds grew,...
by kimqi | Mar 1, 2020 | Spring Hiking, Starved Rock
The trails got busy midafternoon at Starved Rock. It was 60 degrees and sunny on March 1. It was a perfect day. I smiled at a couple sitting on a bench watching three kids play. The oldest was balancing, heel-toe heel-toe with airplane arms, on the trunk of a fallen...
by kimqi | Dec 30, 2019 | Michigan, North Country Trail, Winter Hiking, YinYang, Seasons
Yesterday I was hiking in Northern Michigan. Without the magic of a blanket of snow, the forest seemed dead. Dead. Bleak. And beat up. Visiting the forest was like showing up unannounced at a friend’s house on Sunday morning after the friend had been on a weekend...
