Nature Spirit

Opening to beauty

September 29, 2017 3 Comments

The scene above interrupted our dinner one recent evening, the sunset glow too beautiful to do anything but stare. We stopped eating and simply looked. Long golden rays kissed the tips of chamisa and rose and wild hyssop and Russian sage in our garden while at the same moment lighting up the Sandia Mountains a… Read More…

What can one person do about climate change?

September 19, 2017 6 Comments

Supercharged hurricanes in the Southeast and millions of acres ablaze in the West—all amplified, we now know, because of climate change. Yet most of us feel powerless in the face of an issue so overwhelming. When it comes to climate change, what can one person do, anyway? A lot! Individuals do have power. It just… Read More…

When your still small voice has a name

August 2, 2017 2 Comments

A few years ago I took up a spiritual path, a story I tell in Tamed by a Bear. I was in my fifties, a longtime spiritual skeptic and a veteran of several bookish careers, and I got won over by a bear. A spirit bear. A bear who tells jokes and chuckles at me…. Read More…

Tamed by a Bear is here!

July 11, 2017 Leave a Comment

Today is the official release date for Tamed by a Bear: Coming Home to Nature-Spirit-Self, from Counterpoint Press. The story I never thought would see the light of day has become a book! You can find more about the book here, or read the opening pages here. It feels a little unreal—partly because I haven’t… Read More…

A walk at the crest

June 4, 2017 6 Comments

From our house we enjoy gazing at the North Peak of the Sandia Mountains. The North Peak is the tallest point in the photo below, reaching 10,447 feet. Sunsets over the crest of the mountain are gorgeous—on an average day. Then comes a stunning show, like last night’s: Checking the mountain so many times a… Read More…

Resisting with joy

March 7, 2017 9 Comments

It swung in high gear at the Women’s March in January, and now, six weeks later, resistance is clearly a long-term deal. We’re running a marathon not a sprint. Yet it’s hard to keep going with new wrongheaded and cruel decisions coming down by the minute. So how do you keep from getting dragged down?… Read More…