I Would Rather Be...
Living in a grass-is-greener, anywhere-but-here, mode can particularly unsatisfying.
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Sep 7, 20233 min read
Practicing Ease: The Great Heart of a Whale
When a blue whale dives deep their heart slows way, way down: it is a whole......different......mode......of......being.
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Jun 21, 20232 min read
Arriving, an Animal and an Ark
Three poems: two are about journeys, all three about the convolutions of hope.
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May 17, 20233 min read
The Ocean of Longing
...the ocean of longing shifts through me, the blessed inner star of navigation moves in the dark sky above...
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Mar 15, 20233 min read
A World. I Am a World.
Think millefiori meets interplanetary/biologist/geologist/exquisitely talented glass artist!
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Feb 15, 20231 min read
You Come Too
It has been a day when the memory of a poem--a simple poem, almost a prayer-- elicits gratitude.
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Nov 2, 20221 min read
Still There Is Much That Is Fair
It's too easy to get caught up in the negativity and anger that surrounds us these days. So today I share images of things fair and simple.
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Oct 19, 20223 min read
Leaves Falling...On Us
Sometimes they fall on us--that's always fun--but they rarely land exactly where we think they will.
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Oct 12, 20224 min read
Time of Wonder
His prose is delightful, incorporating a sing-song repetition, rooted in the rhythms--and surprises--of nature and time.
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Oct 5, 20223 min read
Feet On the Ground
But the adventurous part took over. So I headed outside before I even read the article...
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Aug 3, 20224 min read
Beginner's Fingers, Beginner's Mind
From this perspective, to be a beginner is a gift. And what a wonderful way to approach the world, other people and our own psyches.
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Jul 21, 20223 min read
From Before Always
Coupled with the beauty & incredible age of those mountains, the silence offered us a way to slip into a different sense of timelessness.
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Jul 13, 20223 min read
Indra's Web
An infinite, cosmic web of interconnection, where every juncture of the threads is a jewel.
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May 18, 20224 min read
Fledgling
There was a whir of wings, a little flash of grey and white, and a tiny bird landed on the outer edge of the deck. We held our breaths.
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Apr 20, 20224 min read
The Thing with Feathers
After all these years I'm still amazed when those minuscule seeds grow into plants hundreds of times bigger than their infant selves.
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Apr 13, 20223 min read
Fawn
There are deer, birds, foxes, wildflowers and more. But you have to look. Lawrence looks with eyes that see things others tend to pass by.
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Mar 2, 20223 min read
Let the Lynx Come In
The boy is nervous about wild animals that might be stalking around outside. Yet when he hears scratching at the door, he opens it, a bit.
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Feb 23, 20224 min read
Eyes of the Wild
What really caught my attention was a photo of a wolf. Especially the eyes. Intense. Deep. Totally present. Totally alive.
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Jan 5, 20224 min read
This Magical Brightness
But, oh! it was lovely Monday morning. The stillness. The simplicity. The muffled slowing down of the world.
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Nov 3, 20213 min read
Silence: Three (Very Short) Stories
On the backside of that hill the incessant noise of traffic and construction was buffered out…so we could drink in the silence as well.
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