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In the Air
“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it. “ John Burroughs
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The Iron Cross
“When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs – but move on.” Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage
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Book Club in the Barn
“In the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals…” Eagle Chief (Letakos-Lesa), Pawnee
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Remember…
“Remember the earth whose skin you are: / red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth / brown earth, we are earth. / Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their…
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Peaceful Transitions of Power
“Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.“…
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Circular
“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular… The ancient people understood that our world is a circle, but we modern people have lost sight of that…” Elizabeth…
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An Obituary for the Land
“To the power of these burning, illuminated western lands who have shaped our character, inspired our souls, and restored our belief in what is beautiful and enduring—I will never write your obituary—because even…
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Woodland Sunflowers in Early Morning Light
“The world of life, of spontaneity, the world of dawn and sunset and starlight, the world of soil and sunshine, of meadow and woodland, of hickory and oak and maple and hemlock and…
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Our Relationship with Water
“‘Women have a natural bond with water, because we are both life bearers,’ my sister said. ‘We carry our babies in internal ponds and they come forth into the world on a wave…
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Pretend Soup
What would the world be, once bereftOf wet and of wildness? Let them be left,O let them be left, wildness and wet;Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. Gerard Hopkins
