Nothing Is Holier than a Beautiful, Strong Tree
Recently a woman sent me a message on Facebook, commenting on my cover photo of the “glorious” tree roots …
Tag Archives: Nature
Hot Hills in Summer Heat, Revised
“I watch them every summer, the hot hills crouched like a lion beside the road, tawny skin pulled taut across …
Sensuous Sunday: Air, an Enigma
“What a mystery is the air, what an enigma to these human senses! On the one hand , the air …
Nature and Consciousness – Seeing Things as They Are
Every time I write about nature I get deep into human consciousness. You can’t really separate the two. There is …
Poets on Poetry: Mark Doty, Mackerel & Metaphors
One of the things I love most is writing about writing, unraveling the creative process, how the mind at play …
A Walk to Point San Simeon
Recently my husband and I and friends took our dogs walking out to Point San Simeon, just below Hearst Castle …
Walking in a Green-Winter Wonderland
Here on the central coast of California, we look forward to a green, rather than white, Christmas. While we love …
Happiness Like Holiness
I’ve been ill–nothing serious–but lying in bed day after day, even surrounded by good books, tends toward melancholy. Reading Mary …
The Slant of Afternoon, Playing with Light
A notebook full of poetry I had worked on for years has disappeared. Vanished. Many of the poems I never …
Easter and Earth Day – “O Sweet Irrational Worship”
A timely blending to celebrate Easter and Earth Day by poet, monk, and mystic, Thomas Merton. O Sweet Irrational Worship …
