Radical Joy in Coronavirus Hard Times
As the world goes crazy about the coronavirus—and even crazier about succumbing the panic of the coronavirus—it's time to look both outward at the effect the disease is having on the Earth and inward to [...]
Radical Beauty for Holiday Hard Times
Many people get sad during the holiday season. All that rampant, excessive holiday promo about love and family, cheer and gift-giving makes us feel that the whole world is imbued with generosity and kindness, whereas [...]
Giving Voice to Heart
When we approach a damaged place for the first time, we often feel anxious. We worry that our grief about what has happened to this river, this wetland, this old neighborhood will be so overwhelming [...]
The Moment the South Breeze Blew
It was a sweltering summer afternoon. My husband had had a recent accident and was in a lot of pain, and I was worried about him. To make matters worse, I was scheduled to leave [...]
The Occasional Beauty of Barbed Wire
The land we were on for our wilderness rites of passage program is private land with a logging history. There is a big tumble of rusted, old barbed wire right near basecamp. So on June [...]
The Willows at Red Oak (women’s recovery program)
The group first individually shared “sacred” places in nature to which they feel personally connected. Then we participated in a sit-spot experiential, focusing on connecting with the space and asking if there was any “wisdom” [...]
Renewing Our Covenant with the Earth
Our event was small this year. My neighbors and I gathered to sit with the trees and plants in my front yard, create intentions (which we burned—see photos), and take vows: Renewing Our Vows [...]
Anointing Land
Mid-winter and raining finely. I chose this piece of land because I pass it every day. It is both wounded and beautiful, like me and most of us. Wounded as it includes a polluted stream, [...]