Healing from Bell’s palsy
The facial paralysis arrived overnight and crept away stealthily. Though my case was quite severe—nearly complete paralysis on the left side—in only two and a half weeks my face had…
It’s all a gift
Here in Santa Fe the pink apricot buds are swelling, and finches are nibbling hungrily at the fresh buds. Spring is coming! Though with more frost on the way we…
Listening to Nature as Source
We just passed the longest day of the year and are now into summer. Happy Solstice! In my Santa Fe yard the Rocky Mountain penstemon (Penstemon strictus) of late spring…
Finding gratitude before breakfast
The Earth has completed a full turn around the sun since, inspired by the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, I set the intention to offer gratitude to everyone in the natural world every day, first…
An ending…and a beginning
After seven years, I am drawing This Lively Earth to a close. I have started a new blog called Nature :: Spirit, where I will continue some nature spirituality threads begun…