The (real) Secret
I began writing The Working when the self-help book The Secret was all the rage. An alternate title for my novel: The Real Secret.
Climate Confusion
It’s Imbolc amidst climate chaos. Cycles are out of whack, and yet our kin in Nature find ways to survive.
Slow time and Solstice
A few days back, a tree frog spent the whole day sleeping on our garden gate.
True, they are nocturnal, so it wasn’t like they were taking a break from activities. Yet, I’d been receiving messages recently
How pluckable is your harvest?
A poetic offering and doodle for Lammas 2022. Inspired by the scene out my window: a bright yellow finch plucking a seed from an echinacea.
Solarpunk Futures: Tilting Towards a Better World
I’m very taken with solarpunk, a movement grounded in reality that points us towards justice and a regenerative world. My solarpunk article is up at the Center for Sustainable Futures (CSF), Columbia University. I’m thrilled with its reception and the lovely comments I’ve received, especially
A Sliver Past Eclipse
The winds are howling today, grabbing at the oak leaves that still cling to branches. I watched the lunar eclipse this morning through these nearly bare branches. As the spark of brightness reappeared on the red moon, a weight lifted from my shoulders and heart, the heaviness that had lingered this past week evaporated.
What has been up for you this past week
Kin: being We with the Earth
We opened to our nonhuman Earth kin and explored ways to feel ourselves part of the We, decentered and connected with kin.
Fireflies, cicadas, and other kin: a climate change story
I rescued a firefly this morning, giving it a lift outside from the bathroom floor. What would Summer be without fireflies? To my dismay, climate change may yield an answer.
Singing to the Trees
A few years back, eight of us wrote this song for trees as part of a ritual to protect them from the ash borer and strengthen the Living Web. I sing this song as I walk the woods and meadow of a native plant sanctuary. Perhaps you’d like to join me.
Connecting
Humans, like most beings, thrive when we share intimacy. Yet I’m writing this amidst a pandemic, a time to practice social distancing in order to flatten the curve (please!) and stop the spread of this new virus. Still, we can connect with one another.
Here are some tips for connection.
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