Dances with Wind and Tree

Dances with Wind and Tree

Walking through the wetlands on a windy day, I encountered a tree growing horizontally towards a nearby stream.  While the trunk stretched out sideways, many of its branches grew vertically.  I was easily able to reach my hands up to grab the vertical limbs, climbing...
To Begin Again

To Begin Again

I wake up moody, worrying about the future. Last night I was reading about the unemployment numbers online. Perhaps that’s why I am feeling dark. I wonder what I can do personally, how I can contribute in the face of this daunting economy. I go through the...
Teachings from the Earth

Teachings from the Earth

Two nights ago as I was walking at dusk on a tree lined road nearby my home, an owl swooped across the road from one tree to another. I had a feeling of knowing inside, a knowing that he wanted me to notice him, and in that moment I gave him all my attention.  He sat...
This amazing body we live in

This amazing body we live in

We have been graced with these architectural wonders –our bodies – that have the ability to be interconnected with the earth and the entire universe. Yet we tend to live in only a very small part of ourselves, and seem to have lost the operating manual. We have...
Like trees

Like trees

If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees Rilke Something stirred in my heart as early as 4th grade when I first heard the words of Joyce Kilmer’s Trees . . . I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a tree. I...
The power of “what if”

The power of “what if”

It has been said in many ways, many times, but what if each of us unleashed the power of our imaginations.  What if each time I had a negative thought about my body or aging: what if I get sick? what if I don’t have enough money?  What if, what if, what if . . ....