by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 14, 2024 | Mental Fitness
“I’m in trouble,” I said out loud, and quite calmly, with no other human ears to hear me. A few moments before this declaration, I had considered whether I could safely take down our Christmas decorations from the top shelf in our storage room. My husband was out of...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 17, 2024 | Mental Fitness, Mindful Photography
Every once in a while, a seemingly incomprehensible array of life experiences come together to serve you in the moment. I’ve been experiencing such a moment since the election, with birch trees at the center of my processing. Along with birch trees, other elements...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 5, 2024 | Mental Fitness
Early this morning, my 90-year-old mother texted me and said, “What’s the plan today?” I thought she was referring to it being election day. Like every other American I know (and many of my international friends as well), my mother has been anticipating...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 13, 2024 | Mindful Photography, Mindfulness in Nature, Workshop
We walked single file through the dense, dripping jungle of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Our family’s two local guides seemed to have night vision lenses implanted in their eyeballs as they scanned the shadows and tree canopy for wildlife. Relieved I didn’t have to...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 12, 2024 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness in Nature
Yes, they really are that blue. The feet, I mean. Of the boobies. Of the blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii), anyway, not to be confused with the red-footed boobies (S. sula) or the Nazca boobies (Sula dactylatra). Before visiting the Galapagos Islands, where...
