Musings In The Third Dimension | by Amira K Makansi
On Saturday, August 26, I hiked to Ramona Falls from the Ramona Falls Trailhead in the Mt. Hood Wilderness area. We did a “lollipop loop” that took the PCT along the Sandy River and up to the falls, and the Ramona Falls Return Loop Trail on the return, which then connected with the PCT to…
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In the face of great collective loneliness during the pandemic, spending time running on trails has offered a different kind of solitude. 2020 was a year of reckoning: with society, with our government, with ourselves. As we turned inwards to combat the pandemic, stopped seeing our friends and families, and dramatically altered our social habits,…
Read MoreMy family decided to do a theme of “Zen” this year for the Christmas spirit, meaning we all had to buy or make gifts for each other that encouraged, for either the gift giver or the gift receiver, a state of peace, calm, and contentment. In that spirit, I cannot think of a better way…
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The Z-Axis 