Quote from Luther Standing Bear
“For the Lakota, kinship with all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active...
Morning Thoughts
Each room flooded with light. The floor is warm and fuzzy and in the middle the puppy sleeps....
Poem – That Delicate Balance
I listen and watch the stories unfold of tragedy and unrest of the mountains unease. There is no...
Mt. Everest 2014
On April 17th, 2014, at about 6:30 am local time, an avalanche struck a group of 50 Sherpas,...
Returning Home
Dreams of home become reality and I will be heading back to Alaska in June. I am heeding...
Dreaming of Home
I know you are out there, and I hope you are waiting for my return. Each day you...
Nature and Us – One and the Same
I’ve been continuing to read the book The Deep Ecology Movement. This includes an introduction to the movement...
Poem – Morning Light
There is the perfect moment – birds sing, the wind circles the body, dogs lay and sniff the...
Poem – Evening Light
Rust faded chair surrounded by blue flakes still rocks with ease. Facing west I sit just before sunset...
Beginning Deep Ecology
Continuing to read “Cultivating the Empty Fields“, the translator makes a comment that Hongzhi’s teachings , who lived from...
Poem – Walked Across the Field
I walked across that empty field after the weeds took over and boulders fell from the darkening sky...
Artist – Danae Stratou and Desert Breath
Desert Breath is a land-based art project in the middle of the Sahara Desert that was finished in...
Poem – Across the Empty Field
I see a shadow sitting beneath a tree. The tree does not move and the shadow is still....
Snowshoeing on 03/02/14
Snowshoeing on 03/02/14 I follow the packed trail others before me have taken. Winding through pine, poplar, and...
The Great Mystery
This was written by Hanakia Zedek, a great friend, brother, and being with no place. http://www.edgemagazine.net/2014/03/the-great-mystery/ To me,...