Windy Ridge

11/11/2023

Veterans Day is for us. Those who did not serve. It is a reminder to:
REMEMBER
HONOR
LEARN

Please do not “like” this post without:

Watching the video (12:25)
Reaching out to a veteran
Understanding the difference between “Thank you for your sacrifice” vs “Thank you for your service. “

To those who served, you have had our backs. Thank you for the sacrifices and the burdens you have carried so that I may live in freedom.

https://youtu.be/ix1BUgTztGU?feature=shared
Please take 12 minutes to watch, then share with those of us who should remember, honor and learn.

The history and importance of Veterans Day — a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11th, and this day gives all Americans the ...

04/04/2022

“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being & walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill. Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right.”

― Søren Kierkegaard, from a letter to his favorite niece, Henriette Lund, in 1847

12/18/2019

https://www.bustle.com/p/what-is-friluftsliv-the-norwegian-concept-can-make-a-big-difference-in-your-mental-health-13115844?fbclid=IwAR3v28uwUuHYS46ejfl3LY6KKeIBt9Nw03hajqSZBPvRK8eYOJDk8Wc_BwY

Something as simple as spending time outside can provide a powerful reset for your mental health — and research is proving it. When it comes to understanding the healing effects of nature, trust the outdoors-loving Scandinavians to have the edge.…

12/09/2019

A NY Times piece about church forests in Ethiopia. Appreciating the holiness of Windy Ridge's own woodlands and our efforts to preserve them, this video is food for thought.

On the Ethiopian highlands, church grounds have become accidental time capsules of biodiversity.

02/28/2019

Time outside is time well spent.

Let me begin by saying we are not outside for 4-6 hours everyday. We aim for 4-6 hours outside at least three to four times a week (a little more in the nicer months and a little less in the worse...

02/20/2019

In honor of all lost and all who survived. Thank you dad,

07/03/2017

Read an incisive article about our close Greene County neighbors and the Bailey Mine from this July 3, 2017 New Yorker issue:

A local environmental activist fights to prepare her community for life beyond mining.

10/19/2016

Hey, who knew? Forests are therapeutic! Live longer by walking through the woods: http://qz.com/804022/health-benefits-japanese-forest-bathing/?utm_source=atlfb

There’s a chemical trees release that actually improves your immune system

09/24/2016

New Door to the Lodge Deck.

09/15/2016

“Thank you. Since we decided a few weeks ago to adopt the leaf as legal tender, we have, of course, all become immensely rich.” --Douglas Adams, A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy