Everyday Gratitude
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The First Frost
“First frost meant letting go, so it was always reason to celebrate.” Sarah Addison Allen
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Praise November
“Praise the light of late November,the thin sunlight that goes deep in the bones…Praise what little there’s left:the small boats of milkweed pods, husks, hulls,shells… the meadow of dried weeds… the quilt of…
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Autumn Sunset
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” Rabindranath Tagore “Brilliant” is the adjective I use to describe an…
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The Humbling
“Nature has a way of taking over. We put up these magnificent buildings, and we move around in our remarkable machines, and we think we’re so dominant. And in a lot of ways,…
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What’s Missing?
“I think I could turn and live awhile with the animals . . .they are so placid and self-contained. I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long.” Walt Whitman
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Summer Salads
“With one mind, we turn to honor and thank all the Food Plants we harvest from the garden. Since the beginning of time, the grains, vegetables, beans and berries have helped the people…
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Small Acts of Love & Healing
“To love a place is not enough. We must find ways to heal it.” Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
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Hope from the “Fish Hawk”
“In this gloomy age, with our environment being assailed on so many fronts, it’s worth remembering the lesson of the Osprey.” Peter Dunne
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“Eating Light”
“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” Iris Murdoch
