ideas for a new earth

How do we love despicable things? The fly that brings disease, the soiled hand, the rotting heap. Disgust can be a survival mechanism...

This post was sent to my newsletter at the new moon, the first missive of my Word of the Moon series. If you'd like to receive this when...

Who do I thank when I eat an okra? I thank the plant which birthed it, and my body which tended and welcomed each leaf and flower. I...

There was a time in my life when I lived by speed. The drive to produce, to accomplish, to see and do overwhelmed other values - and I...

It is the nature of humans to be preoccupied with relationship. Relationship is the backbone of family units, proves essential to the...

In the sixth week of a wheeled ramble through the wilderness, I almost made a grave mistake. After a grueling ten hours on the road, I...

It is quite possible to move through this world without ever truly paying attention. Our internal expectations and needs continuously...

And so I came again to that place where I had come before - in body and mind a novel space, but the spirit keeps the score. I take...