Coyote! Twice! Wild and calm. Close to the trail. lying, scratching, sitting, unconcerned and peaceful, curious. Later down the trail - Dogs. Robust and frightened. Alone. Sea anemone plant with tiny caterpillars asleep in the leaves, tiny flies pollinating busily, each beautiful waving tendril...

Perhaps it is the focus on what could go wrong for 17 hours straight in the wilderness first aid training class this weekend, but today I feel sad and nervous. for the fate of the world. for the fate of my kid. will she even be...

White Like Me - Tim Wise "Did you hear about the racist guy who told a joke because he thought everyone he was talking to was white?” My mom is black. "I'm so sorry. I didn't know. If you say you're sorry then you know it was wrong...

Well lookout that. if i just switched around my values 180 from always valued to least value, then we’d be in our culture. no fucking wonder i don’t value ‘ power and authority / in THIS culture! and how ironic and fortuitous? that now those...

In all of us lives a story. A story of our unique gifts, a story of wandering, wondering, searching, finding, becoming, giving, receiving, and transcending. A story of what it means to be alive and how it happens that one comes alive.   It is a universal...

Even if all I did for the rest of my days was express gratitude, it would not be enough time for all of the things I feel grateful for. (and I plan to live to 100). Here is a very very short list my health and the...

Saving the dragon. dragons are symbols of the earth. Molten lava in their veins - breathing fire. Regeneraiting the land. creating new earth to sustain all life. this is why most myths have the hero slaying the dragon. notice how the hero is always masculine. So first web...