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A New Perspective
“Keep close to Nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.“ John Muir
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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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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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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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“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
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Let’s Make a Fort!
“Life is playfulness…We need to play so that we can rediscover the magic all around us.” Flora Colao
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Decomposing
“Fungi, salamanders, and thousands of species of invertebrates will thrive in and under…rotting trunks. At least half a tree’s contribution to the fabric of life comes after its death, so one measure of…
