Reflections on the Living World
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What’s Not to Like about Lichens?
“There is a low mist in the woods — It is a good day to study lichens.” Henry David Thoreau
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Be Still
“When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage. So long as mists envelop you, be still; be still until the…
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Daffodil
“And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.” William Wordsworth, “I Wander’d Lonely as a Cloud”
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This Entanglement of Trees
“Trees are Earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.” Rabindranath Tagore
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A New Day
Morning has broken like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken like the first bird. From “Morning Has Broken” hymn, words by Eleanor Farjeon Some mornings, I’m up early enough to catch the sunrise.…
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Memories
“Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.” William Faulkner, Light in August
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Requited Love
“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate.” Robin Wall Kimmerer in Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
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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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What Matters
“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” Mary Oliver
