The chaos amongst me is but the confusion within me.  The more neglected my yard, the more out of balance my inner ecology seems to be.   I don’t super love a perfectly manicured landscape as I appreciate the wild wisdom that grows outside the lines of control.  Nature is messy, brilliantly adaptive and it is smart and […]

This week I watched the towering dead China Berry release her brittle-bone branches one by one. The sheer magnitude of her ginormous limbs crashing to the ground at the pull of a chainsaw was both terrifying and astounding, saddening and liberating.  In her destruction the thunderous roar announced her decent in a most chilling way. A […]

I am pleased to have another little piece featured in Elephant Journal.  If it inspires you, please share it via your email list and social media platforms.  This article is written on behalf of nature.  It seems my favorite subjects to write about are psychology, the soul and the natural world….this piece is a delicate […]

Nature is my soul medicine and now that I have been able to get out of bed these last two months I am loving, more than ever, being in my garden, on mountain tops, under trees and wading along cold creeks.  I have had a lot of interesting commentary regarding my diagnosis of cancer.  Some […]

My stomach rolled with anxiousness and excitement, like a little girl getting to pick her first pony.  Stacey lead me to the barn where half a dozen stunning rescue horses awaited their call to duty.  I wanted to work with all of the horses; each seemed to share something unique and deeply appealing.  However, it […]