Toward an Unreachable Horizon

A short story on not knowing how to truly care for the earth

Photo by Samantha Wallen

I walk out the door at dusk toward an ocean horizon I will never reach. Darting across the blind curve of the Panoramic Highway and scurrying along the thin edged shoulder as a steady stream of cars hurtle past, I make my way to the path carved into the hill above Redwood Canyon. A maroon muffin wrapper glistens…