Sunflower Mandala © Lloyd GrotjanPanthea(an excerpt) by Oscar Wilde We are resolved into the supreme air,We are made one with what we touch and see,With our heart’s blood each crimson sun is fair,With our young lives each spring-impassioned treeFlames into green, the wildest beasts that rangeThe moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and … Read more
If you don’t believe that the world has a heart, then you won’t hear it beating, you won’t think it’s alive and you won’t consider what you’re doing to it.— Charles de Lint, Someplace To Be Flying The Grace Thalia bestows upon us Her gifts of flowering, growth and mirth. But how do we ensure … Read more
We abuse the land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. — Aldo Leopold, Sand County Almanac The Grace Thalia invites us to participate in Her gifts of laughter, flowering and … Read more
Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crewThis planet is not terra firma.It is a delicate flower and it must be cared for.It’s lonely.It’s small.It’s isolated, and there is no resupply.And we are mistreating it. — Astronaut Scott Carpenter As we journey to Graceland, we honor the lovely Grace, Thalia. Thalia, who is also considered … Read more
Source of image, alas, unknown tome. If you know it, email me.He that plants trees loves others besides himself.— English proverb The evidence is mounting that there are vital physical and emotional benefits from letting children play freely in Nature, and that the lack of this access has created a poisonous brew of problems for … Read more
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feetand the winds long to play with your hair. — Kahlil Gibran As we move forward on our journey to Graceland, we honor the lovely Grace, Thalia. Thalia, who is also considered one of the Muses, offers us Her gracious gifts of flowering, laughter, and … Read more
Way back in the days when the grass was still greenand the pond was still wetand the clouds were still clean,and the song of the Swomee-Swans rang out in space …one morning, I came to this glorious place.And I first saw the trees! — Dr. Seuss, The Lorax In order for our Earth-based spirituality to … Read more
I look back with gladness to the day when I found the path tothe land of heart’s desire, and thank Fate ceaselessly with aloud voice that she did not permit town to sap all the yearsaway while the heart was turning to wind-voices andflower-faces and the hands of kindly earth. — Mrs. George Cran, The … Read more
Where flowers bloom, so does hope. — Lady Bird Johnson Now the Wheel of Time has turned once more, and Spring gives forth Her new life and abundance. Sweet possibilities float through the air like pollen. This tender time of fragile, but relentless new growth is a time for breathing, clearing away what is stale … Read more
Early Spring © Ailyn Hoey Part Two: Nature LXXXV by Emily Dickinson A Light exists in spring Not present on the year At any other period. When March is scarcely here A color stands abroad On solitary hills That silence cannot overtake, But human nature feels. It waits upon the lawn; It shows the furthest … Read more