She is counting on us.
J.T. Garrett writes in his book, Meditations with The Cherokee, “The elder Medicine Men told us … many generations ago … that we are dependent on each other, and Mother Earth is dependent on us.”
Guard the water
Sitting by the creek, I watch Nature’s endless supply unfold. The current never stops. More always comes to replace what has drifted downstream.
Another Season, Another Offering
On this day, the fall season swarms in to start refreshing the scene. Leaves drop; fruits ripens and fall from the vine; bees scramble to capture the last of the pollen; geese gather to prepare for their annual trip to warmer fields. Some people love fall. I prefer spring. The difference is that I favor…
Cool, Quiet Relief
It was a rough week. It’s the first time I can remember being exposed to a 112-degree, “feel-like” temperature. Dew points remained in the upper 70s for days. I had to abandon my upstairs office because, in the absence of upstairs air conditioning, I could not concentrate in the stuffiness of 93 degrees. Today is…
Short-Term Thinking
On my last post I wrote about humankind’s limited patience for Nature’s timeline. Today (on this longest day of the year) I give you another stark example of such eternal reckoning. I captured the following photos during my recent exploration of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York’s Hudson River Valley. First, they show the importance…