Kindred Spirits
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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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The Howling Hour
“All things share the same breath—the beast, the tree, the man. The air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.” Chief Sealth (Chief Seattle)
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Lovely to see you, Luna moth…
“…patinaed that sea-glass green /…The miraculous green / origami of their wings—false eyed, doomed / and sensual as the mermaid’s long green fins…” Sean Nevin, from “Hinged Double Sonnet for the Luna Moths”…
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A Close Encounter
“I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear.” Terry Tempest Williams
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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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The Encouragers
“Encouragers: “Impart courage, inspire us to take the next step, and not give up.“ The Free Dictionary.com
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Shelter
“Shelter: “Something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal or thing is protected…” Dictionary.com
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Finding Hope When Things Look Bleak
“It’s not just a passion, or a want, or a vocation: we need to do this work, or in a way, we’ve lost who we are.” Joseph E. Townsend MMES
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Friend of Nature
“The friend of nature is the man who feels himself inwardly united with everything that lives in nature, who shares in the fate of all creatures, helps them when he can in their…
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