Let your mind be quiet, realising the beauty of the world,and the immense, the boundless treasures that it holds in store.All that you have within you, all that your heart desires,all that your Nature so specially fits you for – that or thecounterpart of it waits embedded in the great […]

I wrote a poem about fall. It was inspired by the theme of Falling Leaves and by Mary Oliver’s poem “Song for Autumn” and here it is: Autumn Longing It is time for bed,It is time for rest.Everything strives south, goes down, lets loose.We all have gone to seedPlanting our […]

The leaves are so beautifulin all their differentshades, shapes, and statesof growth, release, or decay.Today I am thinking of the treeThat held that life in its existence,nurtured it from before it was a small budcarried nutrients to it so that it could surviveas it developed and grewnow the tree sends […]

I came across this beautiful etching today. The artist is named Sheryl Steiger Young. The detail is amazing. “Fine line drawing and attention to minute detail characterize Young’s artwork.” Her animal etchings will be on display at a gallery in Vermont during the month of May. “The nature and animal […]

“E. hochstetteri is a mushroom, and it’s blue. It’s really, really, really blue—almost unbelievably blue, saturated in a way more often associated with kids’ markers or mouth-staining candy than with fungi. The diminutive mushrooms play an outsized role in New Zealand’s cultural landscape and also flourishes in locals’ lives, with the […]

Nature is amazing. Love it.

“I study trees as I’m on the bus, and they’re just beautiful, so nice and full. How can I draw them so I can show what they really look like? These trees I drew from my imagination. I like trees because I know they grow forever.” — Kathleen Ruthford, PWA […]

INSPIRATION FROM WILDLIFE What I miss from being homeless is sleeping outside among the trees and the wildlife, and having the warmth of the sun greet you in the morning as you wake up. There is nothing like it. I witnessed a lot of great things, from a snow owl […]

Something calming and meditative for your day.