There is value in being a beginner

a lesson I learned from the Entisol

Listen to an audio version of this essay read by the author here.

One line soil profile drawing of an Entisol with lamellae. Original artwork by the author.

Yesterday, I was running along a stretch of beautiful California coastline. The trail weaves along a bluff that is the youngest in a series of coastal terraces that formed through the combined processes of uplift and erosion. I am lucky to call these landscapes my training…