“Beauty awakens the soul to act.” Dante Alighieri Beauty is boundless in nature. From the countless clusters of stars that create the constellations scattered across the dark sky to the multitude of meaningful, microscopic members that mingle and maneuver through the massive, magical world under our feet. Beauty is almost an effortless feeling or emotionContinue reading “Beauty”
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Synthesizing in Stillness
“Sit, be still, and listen.” Rumi Stillness is the absence of motion, inactivity, or inaction. For some, it is nearly an insurmountable state of being. To be still with our whole body takes effort – settling our physical self, suspending our thoughts, and slowing our breath. When we practice stillness in nature, it nourishes ourContinue reading “Synthesizing in Stillness”
Magic
“The world is magical. Magic is simply what’s off our human scale…at the moment.” Vera Nazarian Nature is magic. She provides us with a vast variety of landscapes and opportunities in which to immerse and restore ourselves. Her remedies are limitless. A daily dose of the outdoors saturates our senses and encourages emotions like joy,Continue reading “Magic”
Birch
..”When in that quiet aisle my feet have trod I have found peace among the silver trees,…” Andrew Greeley Although not all birch bark is white, in the winter season we often see the bark from the white or silver birch species wired into wreaths. The bark is perceptible as thin, papery plates of peelingContinue reading “Birch”