Night heron at the edge of a rushing creek

Our home, our responsibility

September 24, 2019
Our planet, like our bodies, has the natural ability to heal itself, but like our bodies, it needs our conscious, proactive efforts to support this process. But some people's idea of helping the planet is still just not being a litter bug. This is our home. Not someone else's...
slightly cloudy blue sky between trees with marsh grasses in foreground.

Beauty is as beauty sees

May 30, 2017
Is beauty not harmony and balance? Is that why we are drawn to it? Beauty fills us with joy and peace. Things that are wrong, out of balance or broken fill us with unease. And we shy away from them. We are beautiful beings who respond to beauty. Our...
Tall rose bush (tree?) with yellow roses in full bloom.

Rose-petal rain in the morning sun

May 4, 2017
Rose petals rain down in the morning sun Does the mother bird know... What a sweet-smelling home she builds in the tree? Does the 12-foot rose tree know... It is supposed to be a bush?...