A Tiny Boost
Beth Downing Beth Downing

A Tiny Boost

The juniper had clearly ceased active living processes some time ago yet it still supported hundreds, thousands, who knows how many people on their way up and back.

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Endearing, On the Edge
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Endearing, On the Edge

They walk like toddlers, they swim like experts, and they are pitted against the biggest predator out here: the weather.

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Catch and Release
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Catch and Release

They soared, in the realest sense of the word.

I smiled, in the realest way I could. Because I know that feeling. Everyone does.

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Pequeña Estrella
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Pequeña Estrella

We were up on the ridge, me with a little star in my pocket and the light of a cloudy, icy day in my eyes. But those eyes hadn’t seen the sky-stars in days.

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