by Marijke McCandless | Apr 14, 2022 | Write
A hundred of us were on a 3-day Outwild retreat for individuals looking to create more outdoor and value-driven lifestyles. On the afternoon of the second day, a large group of us sat at covered picnic tables at the Earth Trek retreat center nestled alongside the...
by Marijke McCandless | Feb 27, 2022 | Write
What excites me more than anything is what I like to call “juicy practices for getting present.” By this, I mean practices that arouse my curiosity, teach me to accept myself and the world as I find it and encourage me to experience moments of delight available right...
by Marijke McCandless | Oct 23, 2021 | Listen
His large, square, freckled hands almost deftly opened the small “Brownie Bites” wrapper. I had got it started for him, worried that my 88-year-old father couldn’t manage the strength needed to get the initial tear going. I watched as he pulled apart the opening at...
by Marijke McCandless | Aug 30, 2021 | Write
I carry my curiosity with me It looks like a journal and pen Out here in the desert, I wonder, as I walk alongside Joshua Trees and scattered boulders What thoughts will arise? What themes will present themselves? What gentle pondering wants to be gently pondered? I...
