Making Stone Soup
One of my favorite spiritual practices involves participating in ceremonies that honor the wheel of the year, the seasonal cycle from winter through spring, to summer then fall. By aligning...
The Great Turning
People prefer not to think about the fact that we’re destroying our life support system. Feeling helpless and scared, we protect ourselves from the awareness that we’re nearing a planetary...
Learning from Sandy
Heeding warnings of Hurricane Sandy’s impending arrival in Massachusetts, we battened down the hatches as much as possible. I carried outdoor chairs into the basement, watering cans into the...
Circle of Stones
Many years ago I read “A Circle of Stones” by Judith Duerk. The repetitive “How might your life have been different if there had been a place for you, a place for you to go to be with…” evoked a...
Mixed Blessing
In my previous blog, I wrote about the joy of discovering our guinea hen with her newly hatched brood of keets and my excitment about how all the adults were caretaking the babies. I hoped...
Cooperative Edge?
After yet another Lyme disease infection, my husband and I decided to bring guinea fowl onto Harmony Farm. These attractive birds supposedly eat ticks and we hoped that their presence would...
Stone Woman
Melinda Coppola, a local poet and yoga teacher, arrived at a Harmony Center event bearing a gift. As she handed me a beautiful assemblage of stones, my heart immediately responded. The minute...
Nature’s Internet
I leave for my walk hoping that it will help calm my mind and still the energy swirling inside me. Following my usual route, I cross the pond and head into the woods. The trail leads me...
Summer Soul-stice
Today, the summer solstice, is the longest day and shortest night of the year. Summer blossoms forth from this day forward. After today, daylight will shorten and night-time will lengthen until...
Spring has Sprung
Spring springs forth with great abandon and joy. Each day brings new surprises as Earth’s creative energy finds expression everywhere I look. The landscape grows greener day by day. Green...
Web of Life
We live in a web of inter-connection, inter-dependence, and inter-relatedness - the web of life. Human beings co-evolved with nature, and in nature. Everything in nature is genetically and...
Practicing
Travelling home from the hospital, I worry, “How will I finish preparing to go away?” “How will I pack if I’m hopping around on crutches?” I wonder, “Will I be able to enjoy my...
Letting Go
I begin my walk marveling at the glorious spring day – sunshine, blue sky, warm weather. “What more could I want.” Passing the pond, I note 2 pairs of ducks gracefully gliding through the...
Signs of Spring
I awaken to a sign of spring. Looking into the day through the bathroom window, my eyes get drawn to a fiery red area highlighted against an otherwise drab landscape. Focusing on the color,...
Walking in Woods
Sitting at the computer, my mind whirs. Busy with thoughts, ideas for a class, I organize and plan for the future. My fingers tap rapidly at the keyboard, trying to keep apace with thoughts...
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