The Green Fuse that Drives the Flowers
The green fuse that Dylan Thomas wrote about in “The force that through the green fuse drives the flower” is …
Category Archives: Nature
Evolution Entwined with Love
I like to think this all has meaning, this grand scope of things from the birth of stars to the …
Joy Not Shared, Dies Young
A lovely reminder from Anne Sexton to share our joys–the simple pleasures of life. So I’m sharing with you her …
Touching and Being Touched: The Rainforests of Costa Rica
The presence of the world is precisely the presence of its flesh to my flesh. –Maurice Merleau-Ponty, from The Visible …
Costa Rica: A Gem Among a Trail of Tears
How did Costa Rica escape the fate of its neighbors? How does this haven of democracy (devoid a standing army) …
O Holy Night, What Stars Give Birth To
“Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright.” The single-most, salient symbol of Christmas, for me, is a …
Yosemite, A Temple in the Wild
“There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however …
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Redux
I wrote this some time ago and I’m revisiting it now because it describes so well how I’ve been feeling …
A Deer Screams — Beauty & Brutality at Home and the Hills of Vietnam
The most horrifying sound I’ve ever heard came one night soon after we moved here. A scream of pure terror …
Nature and Human Consciousness, No Separation
Every time I write about nature I get deep into human consciousness. You can’t really separate the two. There is …
