Another Lesson From Mama Nature
Another Lesson From Mama Nature On my birthday every year for the past forty years or so, the Louisiana Iris bloom here at Earthsprings, the [...]
Forgetting, For JoAnn
Forgetting... perhaps there's too much to remember, or perhaps there's a need or a wish to repress, forget. But also, perhaps, forgetting is daring to [...]
Oh, Thou!
Oh, Thou… known by many names in all times and places, Thou art beyond all names and places, beyond all distinctions and directions, beyond [...]
Beans, Fences, Puppies
June, 2008, Earthsprings Today I harvested from the garden at Earthsprings this year’s first beans, squash, and tomatoes. Meantime, I discovered that, overnight, deer had [...]
Take Heart!
Take heart! Although the news each day seems more and more alarming, with political divisions and unrest at home and abroad that seem more and [...]
Aphrodite, an Archetype
Aphrodite, or Venus as the Romans called her, was greatly revered by the ancient peoples who loved to carve her image, write her poems, and [...]
Saying the Unsaid
They say (whoever they are, so saying), a picture’s worth a thousand words. A Picture. A painting. A Photo. An image. Worth more than words. [...]
Wyoming
For three days I’ve been roaming around Southern Wyoming, an aging gypsy woman in a muddy four-wheel drive truck, too long confined to Texas flat [...]
Introduction to Taoism, Lesson One, an Online Course
Taoism is a way of life practiced since the very earliest times in China. Its roots appear long before 500 BC. So it’s a very [...]
Taoism and Nature, Lesson Two, An Online Course
Until recently, many Chinese were still living and practicing the way of life Lao Tsu taught. There are many aspects to this way of life, and [...]
