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FirstLight

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4. I realize I used to spend HOURS in the forest alone as a child!!! It's always been my happy place
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 01:54 PM
Mar 2025

Was lucky enough to have land up in the Redwoods of No Cal and after helping clear breakfast, I'd throw some snacks in a bag and wander off to "my tree"... I'd sit out there for hours just listening to the sounds of the forest, rain or shine. See deer come right past me. I used to sometimes sing at the top of my lungs cuz I thought I was snow white LMAO

It's awesome to rediscover this again, not ust in moments but in a whole walk of life... I can go a whole day or more without interacting with another human, and it suits me fine

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The Blessing of "Aloneness" ... [View all] FirstLight Mar 2025 OP
Oh you are gonna fit right in dweller Mar 2025 #1
perfect!! ;) FirstLight Mar 2025 #3
Solitude is a blessing for many of us cyclonefence Mar 2025 #2
I realize I used to spend HOURS in the forest alone as a child!!! It's always been my happy place FirstLight Mar 2025 #4
Oh the memories you have evoked! cyclonefence Mar 2025 #6
Night roaming...lol FirstLight Mar 2025 #8
Wonderful--we were fortunate kids n/t cyclonefence Mar 2025 #9
Yay....well said !!!!! Karadeniz Mar 2025 #5
I am glad for you. OldBaldy1701E Mar 2025 #7
I can't imagine what that must feel like cyclonefence Mar 2025 #10
Of course I understand. OldBaldy1701E Mar 2025 #11
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