I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning

A little San Francisco today from the archives.
Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
-Theodore Roosevelt

by Beth Haley
What comes to mind when you think of the South? Charm perhaps? Ancient oaks draped in Spanish moss? This is a picture that will always be branded in my mind of Aiken, SC.
The old South Boundary Avenue of old oaks arching overhead is an unforgettable site. Or sight? Both!
I’ll get back to Alternative health eventually, but for now… travel has kept me busy! Today, I spent the afternoon with the most wonderful soul and came back home to my first love: a horse! Horses are another element that I will always associate with Aiken. And, to coming home.

Wherever I travel, I come across interesting resting spaces. They seem to call to me from roadways, from under trees and within gated sanctuaries.
I found an enormous magnolia tree today and beneath its gigantic, sheltering arms, was a resting space for one, nestled within the fallen leaves.
Waverly Hall, GA

by Beth Haley
Trains, Trains, and by all means! One more moving. I am not sure why, but when I’m taking a picture of a train… one always seems to fly by.
And, the shot I was really after:

From the North American Ute Indians
Earth teach me stillness
As the grasses are stilled with light.
Earth teach me suffering
As old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me caring
As parents who secure their young.
Earth teach me courage
As the tree which stands all alone.
Earth teach me limitation
As the aunt which crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom
As the eagle which soars in the sky.
Earth teach me resignation
As the leaves which die in the fall.
Earth teach me regeneration
As the seed which rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself
As melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember
As dry fields weep with rain.
–North American Ute Indians