Entering sacred space
What is it that we do when we “awaken” a sacred site? What, exactly, are we awakening? This is a question whose answer grows within the cells of my body as I live it, a question reawakened after visiting the Serpent Mound in Ohio. While it is true that all land is sacred, some land… Read more »
On Morphic Fields and Ceremonial Sites: Entering the mystery
Photograph courtesy of Lowell Downey. In a previous blog I have written about several large grafted valley oaks on the edge of a knoll just south of our property. These trees are at least 150- 200 years old. This was probably done before or around the time of the arrival of General Vallejo… Read more »
Trees: Part Two. On Love and Activism
A tree I love. Trees: Part Two. On Love and Activism Several years ago I attended an evening performance of several ecological poets and songwriters at an environmental conference in San Francisco. I remember one songwriter straight out of the tradition of 1960’s, who accompanied her song about star thistle with her guitar. The song… Read more »
Trees I have Known, Part One
Valley Oak by Jesse Pizzitola Jean Bolen’s book, Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet, reminds me of the trees I have loved in my life. The first was a tall cottonwood on the west end of my parent’s property that cast shade over the yard… Read more »
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