Seeing with New Eyes
The phrase “seeing with new eyes” comes to me as we approach the month of May, delighting in the height of spring — this overflowing, verdant time of opening, ripening, flowering; greens that burst on the scene in many shades and shapes; animals singing and frolicking; days longer and warmer, things to feel, smell, sense, walk...
Spring Into Fall: Let’s Do It!
Spring into Fall: Let’s do it! It is still late August but it almost seems like September already — the leaves are slightly turning, the air is becoming crisp… some of those special things that are beautiful about fall. As I was brushing my teeth this morning, I felt a mix of things: still a...
Earth Day Is Every Day
Earth Day Is Every Day! It’s fine to have a special day to celebrate our one and only home, Planet Earth. It’s even more important that we celebrate, protect, honour and pay attention to her not just on this one, but every day! It does seem, praise be, that this awareness is growing and expanding...
Bloomin’ Mystery!
Earth Day is coming soon. Well, except that every day is earth day! How easy to celebrate it in the spring, when the earth brings and springs forth — blossoms, babies, bounty! Seeing these sweet duckings led me to reflect on the Mystery of life, of its unfolding, becoming… (I just love the process, the emergence, the dynamism...
Begin Again, and Again…
Easter’s just around the corner, Spring is bursting forth. It’s the time of new beginnings, rebirth, awakening, unfolding, opening… Today the sky is blue, the clouds are puffy, the panoply of greens as the leaves reemerge is breathtakingly beautiful. As the years go by, I wonder occasionally how many more spring times I will experience. There could be many,...
