Kiss the ground
This Thanksgiving weekend is a good time to thank the Earth for providing all our food. Because the trees, the plants, the crops are listening . . . [this video is no longer available: Kiss the Earth...
View ArticleThe rights of nature, from Cochabamba to Cancún
Credit: Robert Garcia, The City Project They didn’t get much press—the 15,000 or so people who gathered last April in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for a different kind of climate gathering. Discouraged by what...
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Note from Priscilla: You saw it once, but that blog post disappeared without making the Top Ten. Favorite Friday is a chance to revisit earlier posts and enjoy them once again. This post first appeared...
View ArticleJohn Muir and the calypsos
John Muir – I learned this week — was an avid lover of calypso orchids (Calypso bulbosa or Calypso borealis). He discovered them in his twenties in Ontario, Canada, where he was knocking about working...
View ArticleIt’s all about relationship
About a year ago I found myself drawn to a new phase of nature relationship. It became clear that I was being called to a spiritual path that is often called shamanic, though for reasons I’ll get to, I...
View ArticleFinding gratitude before breakfast
Sandia Mountain close to my new home in Placitas, NM. It’s easy to offer gratitude for beauty like this. The Earth has completed a full turn around the sun since, inspired by the Haudenosaunee...
View ArticleThe rights of nature, from Cochabamba to Cancún
Credit: Robert Garcia, The City Project They didn’t get much press—the 15,000 or so people who gathered last April in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for a different kind of climate gathering. Discouraged by what...
View ArticleFavorite Friday: Words and trees
Note from Priscilla: You saw it once, but that blog post disappeared without making the Top Ten. Favorite Friday is a chance to revisit earlier posts and enjoy them once again. This post first appeared...
View ArticleJohn Muir and the calypsos
John Muir—I learned this week—was an avid lover of calypso orchids (Calypso bulbosa or Calypso borealis). He discovered them in his twenties in Ontario, Canada, where he was knocking about working as...
View ArticleIt’s all about relationship
About a year ago I found myself drawn to a new phase of nature relationship. It became clear that I was being called to a spiritual path that is often called shamanic, though for reasons I’ll get to, I...
View ArticleFinding gratitude before breakfast
Sandia Mountain close to my new home in Placitas, NM. It’s easy to offer gratitude for beauty like this. The Earth has completed a full turn around the sun since, inspired by the Haudenosaunee...
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