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Posted on June 4, 2026June 4, 2026 by Cathy Edgett

Bathing

I’ve written about Forest Bathing before, the benefits of receiving from our plant friends, but yesterday I walked to Tennessee Valley beach with a friend, and another friend spoke of Beach Bathing. What can we learn from the sea, rocks, and sand?

Today I did Hisorty, an app where you can play with and reconnect with the timeline of history. My son thinks it’s too easy, and it can be, but I like seeing how events align.

From Hisorty: Code of Ur-Nammu: In 2050 B.C. the Sumerian king of Ur issued the earliest surviving written law code, predating Hammurabi by three centuries and laying the foundation for legal systems in Mesopotamia.

And here we are now, being re-introduced to how essential it is to follow the laws of ethics and morality.

An exuberant splash of connection, water and rock

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Cathy Edgett

Thanks

Today I read the news and then I balanced it with the poem “Thanks” by W.S. Merwin. You can read the poem here:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57937/thanks

He ends with:

we are saying thank you

thank you we are saying and waving

dark though it is

Looking up through redwood trees at Old Mill Park

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Cathy Edgett

Passage

Steve and I were married 50 years ago tomorrow. Because of the pandemic we chose not to travel so we celebrated at Nick’s Cove and now tonight and tomorrow night we’ll be in Sausalito. 50 years seems unimaginable but it was 1971 and this is 2021. Gold.

And now our anniversary will always be a federal holiday. How gratifying it is to honor two momentous events.

50 years allows one to experience highs and lows and inbetween. May we all be well and happy, celebratory and appreciative of what comes our way, the seasons and tides our guides.