A land not mine, still forever memorable, the waters of its ocean chill and fresh. Sand on the bottom whiter than chalk, and the air...

Free to read this NYT story emblematic of the worldwide biodiversity collapse from human indifference to our cousins.

"I would say that there exists a thousand unbreakable links between each of us and everything else, and that our dignity and our chances...

Beautiful TED Talk. We all deserve to live in a healthy, thriving ecosystem. Great teacher:

NYT has an update on the broken way we see ourselves as separate from Mother Earth (Rupert Sheldrake made the point that matter and...

from Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, And Shape Our Futures The biological identity of most organisms can’t...

Beautiful photos that are free to see via my .

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world. Paul Farmer Train your mind to see we are all...

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary...

Beautiful early April weather. The osprey family that fishes Green Lake and Lake Washington here in Seattle arrive the first week of...

Just watch this monstrous war in the Middle East against humanity. When the war crimes commission finds out it was American targeting...

Money, religion, borders, Israelis, Palestinians, Iranians now. (art by Dugald Stermer) Does anyone stop and realize this is all human...

How long does it take to make the woods? As long as it takes to make the world. The woods is present as the world is, the presence of all...

It was May before my attention came to spring and my word I said to the southern slopes I've missed it, it came and went before I got...

First Light-- painting by John C. Pitcher The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people...

Interview with Earthling Ed Winters is startling in how matter of fact about being on the vegan path. I'm a couple months into plant...

I said I will find what is lowly and put the roots of my identity down there: each day I'll wake up and find the lowly nearby, a handy...

Blossoms in spring light @ Green Lake Seattle by Tim Colman We don't know who we are. We are lost in the forest, and the black stars move...

Photo Tim Colman @ Whidbey Island in spring Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away to the next room. I am I and you are you....