Slower

November 3, 2013. The slowest form of transportation on the planet. On a Slower Sunday. A good day to get through without cars or trains or planes. Go catch some. A perfect pursuit for a Sunday. Press Play.

You walk up 7 flights of stairs. In a parking garage in lower Manhattan. Not a big elevation gain. Not a very scenic hike. But when you walk out on to the roof, you're in a forest of giant light beams. Press Play for the perspective.

Summertime. In San Francisco. Most tourists head for the Golden Gate. Or the top of Nob Hill. I go straight to the basement of the Academy of Sciences. To the tank. It's easy. Well, it looks easy. Press Play. See for yourself.

Beautiful and amazing in every way. From imagination to realization. Press Play and suspend disbelief.

Today's the last day of National Park Week. Last day the spectacular canyons, rivers and forests are free. On the Big Island, even the volcanoes are free. And really big. Press Play to start your Sunday big. Or small, depending how you look at it.

Not just waterfalls. Whole parks. All 401 of them. It's National Park Week and admission's free. To the most beautiful places on our part of the planet. Press Play for a free preview.

My Forsythia's in full bloom. You can use it for a little practice. Spring training. Slower training. C'mon, it's Sunday. It'll just take a minute. Press Play. Then you'll be ready to get out there, into the field. For the real thing.

They walked into a park. Electrodes attached to their heads. Their brain waves went quiet. Meditative. Press Play. Watch. Listen. Then walk your Way into calm and relaxed. You can leave your electrodes home.

Even when they don't feel that Way. So let's thank the crocuses for being real troopers. Even when the sky's gray and the air's freezing. And nothing else reminds you of spring. Here they are. Shivering, but looking marvelous. Press Play.

Botanists say only one in 10,000 shamrocks has four leaves. So, on average, you'd have to look at 10,000 of these before you're likely to find one. So if you do see one, you beat the odds. Press Play. You might get lucky.