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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.



Saturday, March 28, 2020

Hearth: comfort, beauty, nourishment for the soul

TEALarbor stories’ “Hearth” blog posts offer a tiny, gentle respite during this incredible transition we’re in. Rest for a few seconds here in the hearth of everyday nature and creativity. 



"Beauty as Healer"

Several weeks ago an article I wrote was published in the online journal Minding Nature. I wrote it last autumn, long before any hint of our current global pandemic had arrived in our everyday landscape. For a long time leading up to when I wrote this, I have felt that beauty can heal us. Today, more than ever, I am increasingly experiencing how beauty does heal us. 
Please click this link to read the article. Or, at least, look at the nature-based creations I made and photographed, strewn throughout my article. 




(Journal cover image copyright 2020 Minding Nature.)

All blog images created & photographed by Jennifer J. Wilhoit unless otherwise noted. Please circulate images with photo credit: "©2020 Jennifer J. Wilhoit/TEALarbor stories. All Rights Reserved."