![Improving on Silence](https://www.caminobaybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/lavabeds-9-30-2021.jpg)
![Improving on Silence](https://www.caminobaybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/lavabeds-9-30-2021.jpg)
![A Grand Mystery](https://www.caminobaybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Hare-Sept23-2021.jpg)
A Grand Mystery
I don’t fear falling into anthropomorphism when I think as I did yesterday. The label is used erroneously far more often than not, it seems to me. I will cheerfully call it anthropomorphism when I read on my almond milk container these words: “Shake me up. After...![Presence](https://www.caminobaybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Saguaro-Sept21-2021.jpg)
Presence
We walked again this morning but less ambitiously than yesterday: a mile or so out, a long sit on a well-placed lava chunk, and then back. Twig seems as much drawn to tranquil being-there as I; she shows no signs of impatience however long we sit. The longer we stayed...![After the Fire – Continued](https://www.caminobaybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/LBNM-Cave-Collapse-2021-09-16.jpg)
After the Fire – Continued
It was cool days and cold nights when we arrived two days ago, but that has been replaced with hot days and cool nights. So, Twig and I used the morning to take an ambling walk around what is called Cave Loop, probably three miles or so. Most of the trails will be...![After the Fire – Lava Beds National Monument](https://www.caminobaybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/LBNM-after-the-fire-2021-09-14-800x675.jpg)