Some of us are like Hellebores, early bloomers who grace late winter with soft mauve beauty. Others of us are like daffodils, who pop up from the ground right on cue to announce spring in glorious yellowy joy. And some of us take our time, like this grand old big leaf maple, which hugs a steep cliff overlooking Port Townsend Bay. This wonderful grandmother tree has figured out how to send roots deeply in all directions in order to remain standing—or leaning—above the beach below. I love visiting this tree in all seasons, but it’s at this time of year when you can best appreciate her structure, her history and what’s she’s done to survive.
Continue reading...28. March 2009
It’s one of those ironies of the natural world: Thursday the moon was new but also invisible to us. Because it sets with the sun, its tiny crescent is lost in the blare and glare. But I knew it was there, and I bowed my head in acknowledgment to the western sky. Today it should appear penciled in about an hour before sunset. This first new moon of Spring always feels extra special, with the earth and moon energies so in sync to pulse renewal into our veins.
Continue reading...27. March 2009
The house where I spent my misfitting teen years had a long brick planter box in front. In it lived various dwarf conifers that provided an all-green frame for the living room windows. Once a year in spring, the box sprang to a more colorful life with a profusion of blue-violet grape hyacinths. They always [...]
Continue reading...24. March 2009
Words to inspire: There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Basho
Continue reading...22. March 2009
It’s Spring! Let’s all rush outside and dig in the earth. That’s my impulse for sure, but it’s a bit too early for planting here in the far northwest. On a cool spring morning, when I still want the effects of having gone out and played in the dirt, I like to do a grounding meditation that will also cleanse anything negative from my experience. There are many way to do this. Here are a few: Sometimes I just imagine myself barefoot in lush green grass, and allow the vibrations of the earth to rise up through the soles of my feet.
Continue reading...20. March 2009
This is my favorite day of the year. So much promise and hope, so much to look forward to, so much to enjoy right now. Planting season—in the earth and in my life. I always like to begin big projects in the spring, as it syncs them up with the cycles of the earth. We had sunshine all day long here in the far northwest, and it was wonderful to be out in the mildness for much of the day, contemplating and meditating on goals and dreams.
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31. March 2009
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