Priscilla Stuckey

Reconnecting people with nature through writing and spirituality

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55. Orbs of buttery goodness

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Or, what my avocado tree has to say about world relations   An avocado tree sits in our backyard, a thin little tree that looks like it’s had a hard time living under the shadow of the big mango tree beside it. For the first few years we were here, the avocados that dropped from…  Read More…

39. The knowing inside: Sovereignty of mind

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Welcome, friend! And a special welcome to all new readers and listeners—I’m so glad you’re here. As we face together the unraveling of democracy in this country, I am thinking about authoritarianism—this dragon beast gobbling down freedom. How it has a long, long life in Western history, thousands of years long. And how we are…  Read More…

54. Seeing each leaf as a separate thing

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  Welcome to all new listeners! I’m so glad you’re here. Longtime followers might remember that I told this story in 28. Seeing Each Leaf. But there was more to be said about the story, and I wanted to immerse myself in it again in light of the book I’m working on. I hope you…  Read More…

53. A song of peace about social revolution

A blessed holiday season to you! If you’re a longtime listener, you might hear echoes of an earlier episode, number 19, “Filling the Hungry with Good Things.” Transcript I walked up to the microphone at the front of the church and turned to face the crowd. Three hundred pairs of eyes stared back. So many…  Read More…

Caring for the local Earth, post-election edition

In eighth-century China all is chaos. The country is at war with itself. Rebels have looted and burned the capital. “The nation is broken,” writes the Chinese poet Du Fu, “but hills and rivers remain.” I hear the shock in his voice: How can it be, in such a time, that rivers keep flowing and…  Read More…