Here we are on the last day of July, and the eve of Lammas,sometimes called Lughnsadh, Lúnasa, Calan Awst, "First Harvest" or ...

Stranger, you have reached a fabulous land― in winter the abode of swans magnolia buds and black leaves secretly feeding the earth― memory s...

 

I lean against the railing on the deck with an iced coffee in hand and watch fireflies frolicking through the shrubbery in the garden. Mids...

You really don't have to lose everything and travel to a remote valley to discover that the world is always rushing forward to teach us,...

 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and Bergamot (Bee Balm)

In summer, young sunflowers follow the sun around the sky all day long. When they grow up, they face the rising sun, and they no longer move...

Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun’s birth at ...

Morning light and trees, smoke from the wildfires burning out west and up north. Breathing is difficult in such conditions, and visibility i...

What we need, all of us who go on two legs, is to reimagine our place in creation. We need to enlarge our conscience so as to bear, moment ...

Somewhere in the dusty recesses of my noggin, the passage of these sultry summer days is being marked, and wistfully. The clock of the sea...

These T-shirts we fold into perfect white squares These tortillas we slice and fry to crisp strips This rich egg scrambled in a gray clay bo...

Jerusalem Artichoke (Earth Apple or Sunchoke) ( Helianthus tuberosus ) Jerusalem artichokes are a species of wild sunflower native to the no...

One human life is deeper than the ocean. Strange fishes and sea-monsters and mighty plants live in the rock-bed of our spirits. The whole o...

The lake is a wild and elemental place at sunset, mist floating on the water and draping the shoreline, the call of loons across the water,...

Lynn Schmidt says she saw You once as prairie grass, Nebraska prairie grass, she climbed out of her car on a hot highway, leaned her butt on...

 Daylily ( Hemerocallis spp. ) Why give such gorgeous creatures names like ditch lily, railroad lily, roadside lily, outhouse lily, and wash...

Wilderness is a place where the wild potential is fully expressed, a diversity of living and nonliving beings flourishing according to their...

I awaken early and trot out to the garden wearing a faded cotton caftan, straw hat and sandals, and carrying a mug of Earl Grey. It's al...