Category: Nature Connection
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Exploring The Milagro Beanfield War and Islandia: Why Community Matters
Community matters. It is what aids in making sustainability sustainable and a meaningful, long-lasting choice.
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The Return of the Magpie: A harbinger of spring
But it is the magpie, with its flashes of white and black in the soft color of the greening woods, that commands attention today. I let out a soft sigh, and simply watch, and enjoy, as the magpie going about its business is yet another signal of the return of spring.
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The Canopy
Walking into the woods A walk into the woods is far from a simple thing. You may notice the obvious—the scent of the air, the feel of the ground underfoot, the sudden rush of growth of snowdrops in a misplaced moment of warm sun that hints of the return of spring. It is easy for…
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Imbolc: Finding Spring
Finding Spring Imbolc has come and gone—at least the day marked on the modern calendar for its observance. but what does Imbolc mean in this modern age, and in the modern calendar? Is there anything to link this day and this passage of time to the ancient rhythms of the changing of the seasons, the…
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Musing about Seasonal Eating: an EarthWise Reflection
[Seasonal eating]…is a topic that which can be taken in many directions. There is factual content- what is in season, when, where to find it, what the nutritional values are. There is historical content, about what growing, whether what was growing was native or introduced, domestic or escaped into the uncultivated fields and into woods.…
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A Walk in the Winter Woods
EarthWise: Bringing together the wisdom of the Earth found in nature, science, mythology and spirituality. An EarthWise Invitation to Walk Come along for this simple EarthWise walk in the winter woods. This invites reflection, observation, connection and being immersed in the varying and sometimes delightfully surprising moods, lights and shadows of this season. This is…
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Solstice, Sustainability and Simplicity: An EarthWise Reflection
There is no one right way to do Solstice. But a mainstreaming approach seems to lose the sense of the sacred silence and the sacred pause.
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The Breath of Mid-Winter: a revelation
There is something in the brisk northern air that can stir the blood into sudden movement, a feeling of something coming alive, even in this season more known for rooting and resting. A winter’s morning can be bright and alive and replenishing.
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Journeying into the starlit sky and remembering home
The Wayfinding system represents what is also lost in much of European ancient knowledge. We can only guess at the meaning and significance of stone circles, great constructions over time such as Stonehenge and Avebury. That they had great meaning and significance is not in question. What it was is lost– and perhaps deliberately so,…