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Welcome! This is a place to share how we celebrate & deepen our relationship to Nature. Here you will find stories, images, & ideas about wilderness, human nature, & soulfulness. Drawing from the experiences of everyday living, the topics on this blog include: forays into the natural world, the writing life, community service, meditation, creativity, grief & loss, inspiration, & whatever else emerges from these. I invite you on this exploration of the wild within & outside of us: the inner/outer landscape.



Friday, March 24, 2017

Simple Awareness

Today as I drove down the highway of the little island on which I reside I remembered the many gifts of nature we’ve enjoyed in the past few days:

a thick-furred, healthy coyote across the ballpark…all of us carefully eyeing one another
flower buds on an orchard tree…closer inspection revealed a tiny petal about to unfurl
a bright pink cherry blossom bough overhanging a fence
crocuses, irises, and some tiny white flowers in the grass
peepers (frogs) singing their hearts out at night
constellations glistening brilliantly against the charcoal sky
the rich scent of wet soil during the rainstorm
an inches-thick coat of moss along an alder’s trunk glowing emerald green in the sunlight
the resident pygmy goat running down the driveway toward her snack of salal
two bald eagles in flight high overhead, one vying for the edible goodies of the other
a rainbow on a blustery day

…and that is only the beginning of my list.

There are so many ways to describe gratitude.






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