Reflections on the Living World
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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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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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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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Dew Drops and Tear Drops
“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably, excites the sensitive soul to tears.” Edgar Allan Poe
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Believing in Ferns
“… come back / believer in shade / believer in silence and elegance / believer in ferns / believer in patience / believer in the rain” W.S. Merwin, from “Empty Water” “…they will seed…
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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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Meditation on a Fallen Magnolia Bloom
“Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.” Georgia O’Keeffe
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Those Talented Mangroves
The mangroves, as always, are standing in theirbeloved water,their new leaves very small and tender and pale. Mary Oliver, from her poem “Walking to Indian River”
