Close to Home & Heart…and Yet…
In the Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple Garden Even here, like so many places on Earth, there are wounds. Some have been ‘made’ sacred, some have not. In truth, it is all sacred if we [...]
Forest bathing with my dogs/my dogs are my PTs
Morning walk, wonderful time in nature thanks to my dogs, seeing lots of dragonflies, heard something very big in the grass around the lake, not sure what is was, possibly a very large fish. The [...]
Regeneration at the Buffalo River
For our second year, our Global Earth Exchange brought together members of Lynda’s longstanding Active Hope group and family and friends inspired by Radical Joy’s ethos and practice, to observe the Summer Solstice with new [...]
The Willow and the Poplars
Once upon a time there was a garden, planted at a great Mansion at the foor of the Cheviot Hills in the South of Scotland. It had a wall surrounding it, and in the beginning [...]
The Most Dangerous Section of Interstate in the US
I went to the Wagonhound Rest Area, about halfway in between, to connect with the road and reflect. I picked up a very muted energy from the road, like what you feel when anesthetized. I [...]
Radical Joy For Hard Times at the University of Malta
From what we understand, this was the first time that the Radical Joy for Hard Times practice had been carried out at the University of Malta, as part of an experimental outdoor teaching project on [...]
Earth Exchange Café Conversation with Sofia Laine
Sofia Laine is a research professor at the Finnish Youth Research Society in Finland. Her methods of working with youth are innovative and creative and include gardening, art, clowning, and time in nature. In 2024 [...]