Spring Is Upon Us!
In February the snowdrops blossomed, and now the crocuses have joined them. The bees, fuzzy with pollen, luxuriated in the blossoms.
Archive for the ‘Earth’ Category
Signs of Autumn
It has begun. Flowers go to seed, and autumn flowers blossom. ———————————————————————————————————————
Descent to the Underworld for Wisdom
The Autumn Equinox ~ Stepping into the power of the dark part of the yearly cycle. This is the time when the dark, which has been growing, is in balance with the light. We are grateful for the Harvest, but we also know that Life is waning. This is time of year when Persephone descends [...]
Sharing the Glory
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature— the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” ~Rachel Carson This morning I discovered the above quote on WordPress friend Robin’s [...]
The Blue Ridge
Check out the Seussian-looking fire tower on the hill! Hover your cursor over the photos to see place names and elevations.
Snow-building as meditation
Another post from the Dept. of Post-Collapse Studies. The icicle doesn’t fall far from the eave.* Click on the photo below to read the beautiful accompanying blog post. * If you missed it last year, please visit my post about my love of building snow houses as a child.
Telling its story against the vanishing
Today a Religious Naturalism email list sent the poem The Enigma We Answer by Living (reprinted at the bottom of this post) by Alison Hawthorne Deming , which was featured on the Panhala website. What does nature compel you to do? My father was compelled to chase butterflies, moths, and other insects. As a child, [...]
Sense of the Sacred ~ Please help me spread the word!
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 [...]
