Out hiking the other day I saw a bevy of Trumpeter swans flying overhead. I heard them first, that unusual, distinctive sound of their call pulling my attention skyward to experience the sheer awe and joy of their presence and return for yet another season. The Return...
“When we don’t create or express, we get homesick …homesick for ourselves. We’re missing the richness, the beauty inside of us.” -Pam Grout Depression …that grey, heavy, numb, sour, dark, muted, inertia. This is how we feel when...
I get the feeling these days, when I’m out and about in daily life and sensing the vibes of some of the random conversations I overhear, that people are longing for more time to simply breathe deeply, to enjoy a peaceful morning in silence, to take a stroll –...
Sometimes I hear voices in my head. They feel ancient because they say wise things. This usually happens when I’m hiking in nature. They tell me often that to feel is to pray. They say if we’re not feeling, we’re not living. Agony and Ecstasy Is A...
2020 will be talked about in hindsight as the year of dissolution, the process in which something becomes weaker and weaker, then literally dissolves or dismantles. Patriarchal power, war, oppression, lies, money, religion, dictatorship, global warming, greed – it’s...
