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Archive for ‘nature’
Thanks for Wild Things
As a secular person I have much to be thankful for, and I don’t really mind a day when the […]
Windbags and Blowhards
First snow of the season here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Might slip to around 12 degrees tonight. Icy cold […]
On the Road
Helped this little (voracious and vivacious) lady off the roadway this afternoon. Her glance told me she appreciated the gesture. […]
Something’s Bugging Me
I took this photo this afternoon as the “curiosity beetle” was ambling across my Thoreau book. Look for my column […]
Muir and Me
John Muir sauntered into the wilds of my mind and my life, becoming first a “spiritual […]
African Nature
As wonderfully diverse as it is, Nature is Nature, wherever we are. the Americas, Africa, Asia, Arctic, Antarctic. . .(and […]
Is Nature a Religion?
Almost five years ago I taught a course on “the wild spirituality of nature” at the College of Marin in […]
Room for Shrooms
Countless varieties of these little things pushing their way up and out. What is hidden will be revealed, perhaps.
Mountain Neighbors
Last Sunday, a youthful black bear climbed a walnut tree outside our windows, stretched out and took a long nap […]
Moon Park?
Somehow 50 years have gone by since the Moon Landing. A truly amazing event in human history. Now it seems […]
Beautiful Noise of Nature
“The Beautiful Noise of Nature (and Faith?)” I get the feeling sometimes we live on Bird Planet. The variety of […]
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