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Sarah Becker's avatar

There is a vast clearing at Kensington that feels peaceful and awe inspiring to have a place with so much beauty and so much empty space. When I returned from traveling in India (and to a lesser extent when I returned home from college in Boston) I had such an appreciation for emptiness and quiet I couldn’t comprehend before traveling! I feel so lucky to have land and also solitude which might sound crazy!

I also love the firepit at the lake - which has more neighbors and kids and dogs but such a friendly vibe and feeling away yet at home without the worries.

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Jane Baker's avatar

I've spent a whole day with no "news" reports. My current bedside radio can't get the classic music channel so I end up hearing all the ridiculous stuff that passes for news these days and disturbs my mental equilibrium. I need to buy another radio pronto. About Zen activities mine would be transforming a plain bit of cloth into a kaleidoscopic pattern of colour ie my patchwork. So many walks I can think of and im not even a 'walker," as such. The walk along the cycle track near here part of the Bristol to Bath path is really beautiful. It's like a hidden secret of our area. In 2023 I made it to Eyam in Derbyshire the famous Plague village or rather the village famous for voluntarily doing a lockdown so the bubonic plague didn't spread any further. I did a walk up to the high tops,beautiful views from there. And lots of Sunday cyclists! Not a lonely cloud place!

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