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Category Archives: Stories & Musings
Finding Peace in a Mad, Mad World–Part 1
Over the years, I’ve had many readers ask me how I keep sane in a world so full of unimaginable suffering. Having worked for several humane societies and wildlife centers over the years, I have seen no small share of … Continue reading →
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Befriending the Dark
With Solstice behind us, the light is circling back, yet we are still enfolded by the dark moons. I’ve always loved the cold months and the dim light. I’m a woman who likes cocooning and snuggling and pondering, and winter … Continue reading →
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Raising Happiness
This past weekend, I remembered that I had a kitchen. It is a fact that escapes me for most of the summer months. Entranced by my garden and all of the precious tiny creatures who visit me in surprising fashion … Continue reading →
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Posted in Beekeeping, Bugs & Bees, Stories & Musings
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Tagged Bees, joy, praying mantis
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CULTIVATING WONDER
After a full night of freezing rain, MillHaven is coated once again in clear, glistening glass. The ducks, Bella and Lucy, hid in their coop yesterday afternoon and I had to push them out to add more fresh straw just … Continue reading →
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Bless the Mothers
Mothers have been on my mind lately. My friend just lost her mother last week to cancer. My own mother passed just a year ago now. Chipper, the mama squirrel who has been visiting me for peanuts for four years … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bees, Motherhood, Nature and Spirituality
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LATE SUMMER: THE BRAMBLES AND THE GOLD
The morning is overcast, with occasional bright bursts of sunlight. Up in the bee garden, late summer is making herself known on the tips of shriveling leaves, cracking flower stalks, and drooping sunflower heads laden with blackening seeds. A few … Continue reading →
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CALLING ALL KINDRED SPIRITS!
The morning of the “original” 9/11, I was scurrying about fixing a snack platter and drinks for the beginning of our very first Kindred Spirit Retreat in Jackson, Wyoming. At the time, I was a woman without a phone or … Continue reading →
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Tagged animals and healing, ecospirituality, Kindred Spirits, Nature and Spirituality
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My Sun Hive Adventure
Michael Joshin Thiele spoke as he always does—softly and deliberately: “How was this for you?” he asked in the most lilting German accent you will ever hear. We circled around him, about fourteen of us hailing from different states and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bees, Nature and Spirituality, Sun Hive
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WHO DO YOU TRUST?
A few weeks back, I woke up in the dark, happy and grateful that I’ve managed to carve out two-plus hours of quiet self-time before the day lights up in earnest. I sat with my morning coffee, watching the first … Continue reading →
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SMALL THINGS, GREAT LOVE
This is the time of year I always start worrying about the animals. It’s utterly foolish, I know, but when the cold winds start to overtake the land, I start wishing that the deer could have carport shelters from the … Continue reading →
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