Have you ever been so focused on one thing that you missed seeing opportunities or items that were right under your nose? I do this standing in our cluttered pantry. I expect it to be hard to find the molasses, for example, so it is. I give up for a while, come back later, and…
“Earth has no sorrow that Earth cannot heal… Deep within us is a primal love of the earth.” John Muir A love for nature and the Earth can’t be forced or induced by fear. You can’t be scared into loving something or someone. As John Muir believed, a love of nature must be re-awakened! God…
We think of living on the edge as brave, but in nature, the edge is actually a really good place to hide. But we as humans were not born to hide! We were born to shine! In modern terms, “living on the edge” has come to be known as living dangerously or having an unusual…
Many of us have been through hard things. It’s human nature to want to sift through the past, learn the lessons, and figure out how we could do things differently in the future. I know I’ve done that – especially after my second divorce, I replayed everything over and over in my mind trying to…
An exploration of how associating with the Earth can sanctify, improve, and transform us. There’s a social media post going around that shows the relative size of the Earth, all the other planets in our solar system, and the sun in comparison to other stars across the universe. Our sun is miniscule in comparison to…
Some of my Facebook followers have shown interest in my Meditative Melodies. These are extemporaneous piano pieces that I record either in the morning or evenings. I do a Facebook Live from my piano and play whatever comes. The Meditative Melody I recorded this morning was inspired by some of my musings about the sacred…
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m listening to Sacred Earth. Sacred Soul by John Philip Newell, read by Angus King in a delightful Irish brogue. The premise of the book is that all of nature and humanity are sacred. This is an ancient Celtic view which originally blended well with Christ’s teachings, but…
What I’m learning about myself and our property from the book Sacred Earth. Sacred Soul by John Philip Newell and from our own personal earth mentor – a pre-Civil War oak we call, “The Old Woman of the Woods.” Dave and I have been working outside a lot lately. We misjudged our property line and…
Over the last year I’ve been studying a lot of books on quieting the mind and staying in a Christ-like loving space. This quest has largely, been driven by my desire to find peace in a troubled world – inner peace of mind and bodily peace (lowering my blood pressure). I’ve studied these concepts from…
