Streamside stairs

I love stone steps, especially when they climb through the woods to a waterfall. Along with lighthouse stairs, the curving stairs on the hike to the Cascades near Blacksburg, Virginia, are among my favorite stairways.

stairs and stream — Stone stairway on hike to Cascades waterfall in Giles County, Virginia

They are made with stone from the mountain. They are mossy and organic. They look like they belong.

These stone steps are man-made, in harmony with nature. Instead of making humankind feel other, pitting our species against the rest of the natural world, the stairs make me feel included. They make me feel like we belong.

For the month of April, I resolved to publish a blog post each day. This is the final Aprildaily post of 2016, and is in response to the Daily Post one-word prompt, Stairway.

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