Syrup Season has Begun I lay on the couch with my cold while Marilyn and the others went out tapping sugar maples. My heart expanded in gratitude; gratitude for this amazing process by which the trees wake up each [...]

The Chill is About to Break Everyone will tell you it’s been a cold hard winter, reminiscent of long-ago. This year, thanks to a climate change enhanced wobbly Arctic vortex, nights have frequently dipped to below -30 C with [...]

It’s been hard to start writing this year.  I have asked myself more than once, why would I write anything?  The world is full of words and many wiser than mine. And yet, I need to remember that it [...]

Awash in Goodness The autumn rains have come to a drought weary land. The new wash-house is almost closed in and ready for use this winter. And we feel awash in goodness.  Pun-intended. Can the word “abundance” be overused? [...]

Strength and Resilience in Times of Drought The red maple tree outside my office window marks the seasons of the earth and the seasons of my life. Her red bud action in mid-April ignites spring time hope even if [...]

This month a quick question.  What thrills your heart? My list today monarch butterflies doing a mating dance in flight near the ash tree morning mist floating in the sunrise air hermit thrush melody any time of day indigo [...]

The Earth Needs a Cool Cloth The Woods here wear a blanket of smoke thousands of miles from the fires.  The trees breathe in the carbon and all the other toxins as they try to absorb the planetary fever.  [...]

   As Long As We Both Shall live  Shhhh, don’t tell Svinda.  I have a love affair with the hermit thrush. Each year, I wait with baited breath for the hermit thrush to return from its winter migration. Their  [...]

What our lives depend on Anyone else scrolling through your preferred news sources these days as if your life depended on it?  I’m having trouble deciding if I’m finally, irrecoverably, addicted to my phone and computer screen or if [...]

Waking up with the Trees This week the maple trees are waking up. Sun warmth of longer days thaws sap in winter weary trunks. The starches that have been stored in the roots during the winter pulse their way [...]