If this damned virus—and I refuse to stoop to calling it the “Chinese virus,” Mr. President, because both my mother and father were born in China (1911 & 1912) and…
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…
I am most definitely still learning to see, in all ways, and these past few weeks have been a sort of HOLY SH*T eye opener. Still are. We are certainly…
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…
As has become obvious these past few months, little things—like a virus—can have a large impact on parts of the world. The Leucojum flower, pictured above, has long been one…
Still Learning To See 