Category Archives: Exercise

Walking in the Woods on Bainbridge Island

Posted on May 5, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! I keep my sanity in this crazy world by trying to walk in the woods on Bainbridge Island every non-rainy day. I love the immersion in the deep greens on my walk … Continue reading →

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Alive Day – April 7

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! Every year on April 7th I celebrate my Alive Day. April 7th in 2018 is the day I should have died in an auto accident on I-90 east of Seattle. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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If a tree falls?

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Skip Walter

Covid Deaths in U.S.:  1,030,000    Get Vaccinated! Stop the War in Ukraine! One of the joys of walking the many nature trails on Bainbridge Island is finding gnome homes. My favorite is Gnome Home No. 2 which is located on the … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Memorial Day 2022 with Nature

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Skip Walter

Covid Deaths in U.S.:  1,001,313         Get Vaccinated! Stop the War in Ukraine! Memorial Day “dawned” gray and rainy (like most of the last six months). I enticed my bride into taking a drive to Sequim, WA, which resides in … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: A walk in the woods in between rain showers

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 247 of Self Quarantine      Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  245,000  As I doom scrolled through my morning twitter feed, I clicked through to McSweeney’s for a little morning humor to interrupt the many existential crises: NOVEMBER 13, 2020 … Continue reading →

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Wait what? A labyrinth? Near my trail?

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 180 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  190,000 The habits of each day being another Ground Hog day make me wonder if I am sleep walking through life.  “Wake Up!” was my … Continue reading →

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Flow in the age of the “V”

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Skip Walter

I texted my brother about the corona virus.  He replied “You are so old school bro.  To have street cred you need to start calling it the ‘V.’”  As we self-quarantine due to our age and health, V takes on … Continue reading →

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Homage to a decaying stump

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Skip Walter

For twenty years I’ve walked around Blakely Pond at the end of Blakely Harbor.  Yet, I never noticed this rotting stump until the right combination of ebbing tide, bright sun, just enough evaporation from the stump, and “waking up!” to … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: I love my Fitbit!

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Skip Walter

I love my Fitbit! I had not worn a watch or any device on my arms since I experienced an Outward Bound trip in the 1980s.  Through the Employee Health benefits of Conga, I ordered a Fitbit Alta HR and … Continue reading →

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Through Natures Lens

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Skip Walter

There’s an app for that. Today, I did my three mile walk with EveryTrail.  I’ve traveled this same trail either walking or running hundreds of times in the last ten years.  Yet, I’ve never taken it with a camera in hand.  So … Continue reading →

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