When we first moved from the wide-open spaces of Michigan to mountainous Vermont, I felt like I did not see a sunset for a couple of years. Then I learned…
Nature overflows with patterns, whether growing branches, ripples in a pond or the fan of petals on a flower. Many are images of some sort of tension. None is “perfect”—such…
I led a tree pruning workshop today and, as I often do, fell in love with the trees all over again. The relationship with trees in an urban environment, in…
Today, for the first time since early November, the sun is shining through the kitchen window. Even if for only a few minutes as it rises and finds its way…
Walking home tonight at sunset with a nearly half-full moon in the sky, I began to think of how much I assume about my life every single day. I thought…
Up early to view the Quadrantid meteor shower but I was too late and the city lights too bright to see much of anything. Right time, wrong place! And it was…
I know I can count on friends and family to remind me of who I am because they can really see me, all of me. I’d be lost, really lost,…
Two great lessons in seeing so far this year: • Liz is great at creating. In her mind she saw what it would be like to move a large painting…
The bed of garlic I planted in October is under the mulch of leaves and the crust of snow and ice. They are growing, even unseen. The soil, also unseen, teems…
The full moon last night was stunning. With a fresh covering of snow the night sky was nearly as bright as some of our recent cloudy, winter days! I woke…
Still Learning To See 