How to Reconnect With Nature
There is an ongoing discussion in nature-loving circles about our increasing disconnection from the natural world. With the rise of city living and screen culture, many sense an acute lack of nature …
Paintings, Fine Art, and Writings
There is an ongoing discussion in nature-loving circles about our increasing disconnection from the natural world. With the rise of city living and screen culture, many sense an acute lack of nature …
My attitude toward food is make it at home and keep it as simple as possible, so I don’t do a lot of sauces. This basil pesto, however, is one of my exceptions. I make it all summer long. It doesn’t …
I’ve started several new personal projects in the last year, from writing blog posts and (gasp) sharing them to painting on my own rather than in a class with a teacher. From the outside this looks …
The summer solstice is happening tomorrow. I’ve been wanting create my own sense of reverence and gratitude for these larger seasonal movements, so I made some notes about what this one means and ways …
The five senses are easy. We’ve been using them since we were born and everybody agrees that we have them. The sixth sense – the intuition – takes some effort to develop, so it’s helpful to have a …
Trees and animals? Yes, indeed. Our understanding of tree behavior is changing, thanks to new forest research and Peter Wohlleben’s book, The Hidden Life of Trees. He’s a professional forester …
I did a raw foods cleanse a couple of years ago—14 weeks on fruits and vegetables only. It was extreme, and by the end I was losing too much weight and spending too much time thinking about eating an …
It’s spring, and I made a photo to mark the occasion. The spring equinox happened this week. As I understand it, that means that for one day the Earth rotated into a mostly parallel alignment with the …