Comments on: Neighborhood Small Year 2009

By: Resolving to Walk into Writing | Coyote Mercury

Resolving to Walk into Writing | Coyote Mercury — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:53:28 +0000

[...] least) weekly walks down the neighborhood trail. I have missed that quiet, open time that had been such a part of ’09 and then dropped almost as soon as ’10 was in the door. I suppose that without the commitment to [...]

By: Counts | Coyote Mercury

Counts | Coyote Mercury — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:25:02 +0000

[...] finishing my small year, I’ve enjoyed going back to not counting birds quite so much. I’m still participating in [...]

By: James

James — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:54:26 +0000

Thanks, Eileen. Just walking around is one of my favorite things to do, especially where there are birds and other wildlife.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:27:39 +0000

It is great to get out walking and even more fun to check out all the birds while you are out there. I enjoyed your post.

By: James

James — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:45:57 +0000

Thanks, Dana. I didn’t know if I would be able to pull it off, so I didn’t actually mention I was doing it on my blog until February by which time, I was pretty committed.

I used to try to avoid thinking about the snakes, but then I convinced myself that they aren’t all rattlesnakes. I still keep a respectful distance, though.

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:16:51 +0000

This is a great post. I wish I had the patience and consistency for such an undertaking. I do have a favorite place I go walking, though, and it’s full of birds. Probably snakes, too, but I don’t like to think about that.