forest — Where'd You Go?

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"You just have to go with the flow," replied Mark, the hot air balloon operator/tour guide, after I asked him for any words of wisdom as a result of his 30+ years of experience piloting these majestic aircraft. It's so much easier when you're hovering above the mountain peaks...or maybe that's the key for total liftoff. Who is full of hot air.

Matthew ChicolaNovember 17, 2018the denial of death, red rock, sedona, coconino national forest, forest, desert, writing, write, story, travel, outdoors, camping, hiking, cathedral rock trail, trail, trip, road trip, Devil's Bridge, hike, camp, ernest beckerComment

It All Began in (CENSORED) / (Who) Are You Afraid (Of)?

You may recall, early on in my unspinning, I explored my fear of the dark as it relates to the monstrous cIown wreaking havoc in my subconscious. At that point, I was still in recovery mode, with city lights and neighbors abound. Would the clown pop up again as the shadows of the wild set in? Who is in the dark.

Matthew ChicolaFebruary 20, 2018story, fiction, nature, emerson, mark twain, national forest, forest, marble creek, creek, water, waterfall, beauty, tree, missouri, arcadia, fall, natural, outdoors, hiking, hike, camping, camp, campground, outside, ralph waldo emersonComment