works of wanderlust

Tag: city parks

  • panoramic, three: oculus graffiti

    panoramic, three: oculus graffiti

    There is this strange place literally walking distance from my house.  The graffiti tunnel, more formally known as The Oculus. I say “walking distance” though it did take me over an hour to walk there and an hour to walk home—plus I spent time there taking photos, sketching, making a video and then stopping for

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  • Knee-hab (Part 2)

    Knee-hab (Part 2)

    December 30 of 31 December-ish posts For the last couple of days, following a week of bitterly cold temperatures, I took advantage of the milder winter weather and went skiing in the park. Nordic skiing or cross country skiing, or whatever you happen to call the skiing that doesn’t involve hills is a perfect sport for our local

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  • Glass

    About a week and a half ago I wrote a post about trail stewardship. Maybe you recall. Or maybe you just clicked here because of the headline and sassy thumbnail. But the gist of the aforementioned article was that after spending a few hours marshalling a trail race one weekend (and during that time noting

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  • Stewards of the Trails

    While volunteering as a course marshal at a local trail race yesterday, I stood in the same spot in the woods for nearly three and a half hours. Much of that time was spent clapping and cheering and directing racers away from a detour where the path had naturally washed out near the river bank.

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