We are melted back down the the old snow piles we had a week ago before we got 8″ of new snow. That new snow is nearly gone. Spring bulbs…
Like many I have been amazed at how, despite a “calendar” that is now empty, I am not only busy but at the end of the day, exhausted. Lots of…
We are now hearing of so many remarkable stories of people serving on the “front lines” of this epidemic. Many, of course, are medical professionals—my mom above graduating from Johns…
For years I have refused to “tidy up” my flower gardens in the fall, preferring instead to have a “winter garden” of stems, plumes, seed pods and stalks—all of which…
The other kind of social distancing—hugging—is a challenge these days. I’d suggest, however, there are plenty of wonderfully huggable trees. I think trees probably love hugs from us. I know…
I take the liberty of reprinting a lovely poem from Ted Kooser, fresh this morning: Full Moon, March 2020 The moon was in self-isolation, too, and wearing a white mask…
Friends from around the world, clearly things are changing very rapidly with many unknowns and lots of fears. One thing I know can always be healthy is a walk, especially…
What I don’t know can easily drive me to paralysis. But if I had to know everything I’d encounter on my next step, I could not move a single step.…
It is more clear than ever we are part of a larger web, both in the natural world and in the world of commercial and social interactions we humans have…
The insanity of the past weeks offers us so many opportunities to learn, both on small and large scales, about what’s important, really, in life? Certainly the planet that hosts…
Still Learning To See 