Nature

Living Lightly in New Zealand

We do not own the world, and its riches are not ours to dispose of at will. Show a loving…

Four Directions from Manhattan

A couple of months ago while crossing 23rd Street on my way to Madison Square Park, I realized that in…

Acknowledging the Nature of Community

Community and a strong sense of togetherness are what stand out most when I think about what it means to…

Listening to Aspen

On a recent fall trip to the Eastern Sierras, I reveled in a week of hiking among the aspen. Lining…

Natural Quiet at Goose Creek

Some keep the Sabbath going to church; I keep it staying at home, With a bobolink for a chorister, And…

What is the Meaning of a Toad?

What is the meaning of a toad? In elementary school I write a one-page report on toads. I draw a…

Flood

Every sandcastle requires a second hole. Not the moat’s descriptive circle, but a mining hole, dug off to the side.…

Garden

"Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps." —Bronson Alcott In one of the most remarkably out-of-character statements ever made…

The Contours of Worship

In Salt Lake Valley, where I lived for six years during the early 1990s, mountain topography and temperature differentials often…

Stirring Dull Roots

April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with…

Heron Reflections

On the road home from the wedding of Muriel Bishop and Douglas Summers, reunited after many years apart, a beautiful,…