Spring 2022: Wings; Pink joy of spring; Companions after a sleepless night; Wondering: One walk, one afternoon; A new-to-us trail (read more)
Stories
Field Notes: Winter 2021/2022
Winter 2021/2022: Winter visitors; My inner three-year-old meets ice; Tender hope, holy beauty (read more)
Mary Oliver at the beaver meadow
“Norma,” my inner critic, visited while I lingered at the beaver meadow. Mary Oliver’s poetry helped me reclaim my enoughness. (read more or listen, 6:05 minutes)
Field Notes: Late Fall 2021
Late Fall 2021: I almost said; Letter to myself after reading Hafiz; First snow (read more)
Field Notes: Fall 2021
Fall 2021: Second annual Gentian Day; Sitting with tea and Tang; Eyes-closed listening; Not alone: Companion in the woods; Learning a new language: Then and now (read more)
Field Notes: Summer 2021
Summer 2021: Stretching lessons; No stepping stones; A red-feathered lesson in priorities (read more)
When ‘heart’ becomes a verb
How journaling the phrase “headed into the woods” turned “heart” into a verb. (And what happened next.) (read more or listen, 6:29 minutes)
Field Notes: Spring 2021
Spring 2021: A change within; How I spent the morning; A glimpse; The time it takes; Glide (read more)
Field Notes: Winter 2020/2021
Winter 2020-2021: Circle in the snow; Snow: Beyond shoveling; Returning (read more)
Cocoons and liberation
When I found a Northern Casemaker Caddisfly larva, I began to think about my own portable cocoon. (read more or listen, 7:25 minutes)
