I thought I’d be experiencing silence on this dark, solstice night. But outside thunder rumbles in the dark, while rain pelts the windows. There will probably be no snow this Christmas. Inside, the Christmas tree – with no lights or trimmings – stands in a corner in the living room. Hanukkah candles offer a small, [...]
Many of the leaves on the trees have not yet turned color and fallen, yet last evening was our first snow of the season. The photos below were taken around my home and studio in the early morning light. The echinacea plants are wearing tall, snowy caps. The yew bushes simply bend. A view from [...]
Photos by Seth Rockmuller
Here is a photo of last year’s emerging snowdrops. I took the photo on March 7, 2010. And here is a photo, taken today, of the spot where those snowdrops appeared last March. What do you think? Do they have a chance? Will they continue to sleep beneath the snow and ice until [...]
Big day at church tomorrow. A new pastor will be offering his message, and because we operate via congregational polity, we will then vote about whether he will henceforth be the pastor of our little church. Then in the afternoon, at 2 PM, Marian will be at the Real Food Co-op to speak with us [...]
Only by understanding the Universe as a vast, holistic system and Earth as a unit within it can we help restore balance to that unit. Only by placing Earth and its ecosystems – about which we now understand so much – at the centre of all our thinking can we avert ecological disaster . Only [...]
In a couple of days I’m leaving for a science and religion conference about our energy future. From the conference description: “Energy and climate change are typically discussed in terms of their associated science, technology, economics and politics. However, relatively little attention has been given to fundamental religious and ethical questions surrounding the upcoming transition [...]
It’s Earth Day, so I found myself thinking about the first official Earth Day in 1970 (I still have my decal…somewhere). I went to an Earth Day program on campus, my baby daughter in a carrier on my front, and all I could think about was how different the future would be for her. Much [...]
