A SET OF STEPS

A blog I love: Dominique Browning’s Slow Love Life. She was the editor of House and Garden when it was abruptly closed, a tale she tells in Slow Love: How I Lost My Job, Put on My Pajamas & Found Happiness.  She’s also the author of the words I find most useful as I step into a new phase of my life:

"Take a hard look at what you're so afraid of," she said. "Get moving, physically — walking, running, yoga classes, swimming, gardening. When you start physically moving, your mind starts to relax. It helps move you to a new place."

So I took a snapshot of a walk I love, the lichen-covered staircase that leads down to the stream in my backyard and across the bridge to the garden.