a brown inchworm on a blue watercolor pencil, held in front of a watercolor pad with brown tree branches
It was over 70 degrees on Saturday, so I took a trip to visit the Mighty Oak and made a new friend while Nature journaling. In about a month or two, this little forest being will become a geometer moth. Maybe I'll see her again. 🥰 #Nature #inchworm #NatureJournaling
a hmong woman with long black hair wearing black glasses and a peach blouse smiles, texts "human powered" and "in conversation with Yia Lor" against a blue background with darker blue dots
Several years ago, I wrote an essay about hope, which keeps leading me to these cool opportunities like the Human Powered podcast!
Come hear me talk about my love for #Nature and how my family and #Hmong community inspire me. Listen on any podcast app or here: www.buzzsprout.com/1575412/epis...
Share a TV show that raised you. 📚
Branches from an oak tree reaching into the blue sky
a mighty oak tree stands amongst others in a forest with her golden brown branches reaching toward the blue winter sky
I have a standing appointment with my mighty oak friend. She lives deep in the forest by my home. I'm quite certain she is the tallest tree there. Every visit, she offers me the same wisdom: play, play, play. Especially on the hard days, play. 🌿
How are you finding ways to play?
Tell me your pet's name with a gif! (or plant's name, car's name, favorite tree's name, you know the drill...)
green moss with orange sporophytes on a branch in the winter
Why, hello! I've been quiet here because, well, I've been hanging around with mossy friends. Yes, in the middle of winter. And yes, mossy friends still grow.
If you're here for writing news, I've got 7,303 words logged for my YA. There are 42,697 words to go. At this rate, I'll be done in 64 days.
northern lights in shades of pink and green showing behind a white house
When I’m not writing or hanging out in the forest, I’m oohing and aahing at the sky. 🤩
#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis
lol said every rabbit I’ve ever seen in my neighborhood! 🤣
Light green trumpet cup or pixie cup lichen on a log
When I’m not writing, I’m making music with my fellow trumpet cup lichen friends. 🎶
An Asian woman dressed in black with an orange race bib and holding the peace sign
Two racers standing next to a large sign that says Hall-Eau-Ween 5k
Two racers stand next to large letters that spell #RUNEC
That time I convinced my brother to run a 5k with me, and then I had major regrets…but we did it! 👻
#halloween #5k #runec
Right?! So much to love about the forest floor. 🌿
Frosty moss on a log
Frosty moss on a log
Frosty moss on a log
Frosty moss on a log with a mushroom and twig overhead
Two of my favorite things: frost and moss!! The forest floor was a treasure today. 💚
#moss #forest #Nature #frost #autumn
lol yes, and but it feels like six most days because of their barks and high energy. You are welcome to pom-sit any time! 😂
As a mom of three poms, I approve. 🐾
yes! Where I am from, we have two nature-based schools. I hear the waitlist is quite long to get in though. Wish we had more of those! any amount of time outside is great for one’s health.
Vaishali!!! I hope you’re doing well! I’ve been really loving forest therapy walks. Lucky me, I get to guide weekly walks for others, and then I do my own solo walks at least a couple times each week. The forest is my medicine! 🌿
A Hmoob/Hmong woman sits outside wearing a striped blue outfit and colorful hat
A Hmoob/Hmong woman wears a striped blue outfit and poses standing in a magazine Photo Booth that says HMONG TIMES and Celebrating 50 years in America
Nyob zoo xyoo tshiab os! Happy Hmoob New Year! Grateful to celebrate our history, harvest, and beautiful culture. ❤️
#hmong #hmoob #hmongnewyear #captureec
A Hmoob woman smiles and holds a pumpkin with tall grass in the background
In more news, I have arrived with a pumpkin. 🧡
#pumpkin #fall #harvest #autumn
An arrangement of pumpkins and gourds outside a front stoop
In other news, pumpkins and gourds have arrived. 🧡
#fall #autumn #harvest #pumpkins #gourds #falldecor
I haven't written much lately (blame Mother Nature!), but here's an article I wrote last year that was printed this week. I read it multiple times, so I'll go ahead and log this as research for writing. Which counts toward writing. 😉 #writing #writingcommunity
volumeone.org/articles/202...
Two photos with one “before” showing a grassy field and trees and one “after” showing a green tree frog on the yellow petals of a wildflower
Ever wonder what happens before and after a forest therapy walk? This is why it’s near impossible for me to write this time of year! Blame it on being a forest therapy guide. Apparently, I can’t be that and a writer in the same season! 😂 #Nature #treefrog #frog #foresttherapy #writersblock
lol she sure is!!
Blue green cicada outside exoskeleton on a tree
Cicada emerging from exoskeleton on tree
Nymph on tree getting ready to molt into cicada
I have not been writing because I have been watching nymphs become cicadas. But I’ll go ahead and log this as writing research. 😉 #writingcommunity #cicada #nature
So much to love about this, especially trees with opinions! 💚
Have you checked out FORTS yet?! Don’t miss out on this bestseller! #kidlit
So many wondering happenings to celebrate, including Katie’s book! Don’t miss this one! 🥳
If you’re looking for something to do this summer, my sister always loved geocaching. 💚
#geocaching #wisconsinlife #hmong #writer #grief #sisters
wisconsinlife.org/story/why-an...
Katie’s books AND free shipping??! Don’t miss out! #kidlit #picturebooks
