There was a gorgeous full moon here in the Blue Ridge Mountains this week. I missed the eclipse, but the […]


There was a gorgeous full moon here in the Blue Ridge Mountains this week. I missed the eclipse, but the […]

Wilderness Press just published this 20th anniversary announcement on their blog! The Wise, Wandering, Sauntering Scotsman

Today’s “Highland Views” column in our local paper. A touch of poetry, nature, death and the tree of life. Passing […]

It seems appropriate to post this song in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Also, my newspaper column this week has […]

In religious traditions, seeing the Unseen is left to mystics and prophets. In secular tradition, it’s natural to search for […]

Weaving the night … weaving the light … an artist was working diligently in the dew and dark last night […]

We just returned from a few days in Charleston, South Carolina. My first time to that city. We found what […]

This year, 2021, marks 20 years since I published my first book, Meditations of John Muir: Nature’s Temple. With my […]

A lot of people who are not teachers (and may have dropped out of school), and then somehow got elected […]

What do you do when you hear of some tragedy, disaster or other event when people suffer or die? Do […]

Though the title and tale are the same, the only novella I’ve written (published in 2010) has a new cover. […]

Or simply an analogy of my life-story? Journey to the Forest of Freethought (a secular parable for the trail to […]