Priscilla Stuckey

Reconnecting people with nature through writing and spirituality

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Caring for the local Earth, post-election edition

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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…

Caring for the local Earth

A photo post today about work dear to my heart . . . One of the things that delights me wherever I live is getting my hands in dirt to care for the local Earth. Way back in Oakland more than 20 years ago, I helped grow dozens of types of locally native plants, like…  Read More…

43. Where water wants to go

Transcript Here on Maui our hearts are breaking for Lahaina—for the town that is gone, for the people still missing, for the families who are grieving their homes and loved ones. And for the rich history of the town, where Maui royalty had lived for hundreds of years. Our hearts are breaking too for the…  Read More…

41. Why is the world so beautiful?

Transcript “Why is the world so beautiful?” This question inspired a young plant-loving woman of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation to go to college and study botany. Robin Wall Kimmerer tells the story in her luminous book Braiding Sweetgrass—how this question guided her as she earned a PhD and became a professor of botany, and how…  Read More…