A tour through the quirky Long Lake Food and Book Shop exposes the reasons small businesses are important and resilient.
A child's wonder at spring is inspiration to be amazed.
How do we reconcile the debate between two visions of life?
Flying inspires wonder that we are worthwhile.
On teaching a new generation to care for creation.
A meditation on our character as beings who are part of, not separate from, creation.
A child?s wonder inspires the memory of fascination.
How books of ?perfect? photos from special events gave way to reveling in the beauty of the ordinary.
What happens when a child-like boredom meets adult busyness.
On the complexities of giving out favorite books.
What is the difference between keeping and possessing?
A list-in-progress of formative collections.
A tale of pilgrimage to the Montezuma Cypress known as El Àrbol del Tule.
A life tapestry woven of baking bread and growing food and bearing children.
A review of
Crow Planet:
Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness by Lyanda Lynn Haupt.
Under the influence of urban naturalism, an inner-city neighborhood can be a wonder-full place.
Is the devil really in the details?
A collection of joyful resolutions for the coming year.
A mother's reflection on the birth of her extraordinary, completely ordinary child.
A journey through the centuries to learn from that timeless teacher: the puddle.
Remembering the many women who taught me well.
Memories from summers spent as a camp counselor in the California redwoods.
Following the trail of a neighbors death into the dense thicket of defining a life well-lived.
On planting dinner.
Giving space to respond to Mr. Rogers.
Pondering some of the paradoxes in the relationship between humans and animals.
On learning the language of the land.
An eastern native catches a western breeze.