"The Earth is a sacred artifact that resonates with life. We may see the Earth as being ill, but the Earth is a vital and superior organism. The sickness we see in the World is a reflection of the sickness we feel in ourselves."
from the Porcupine Mountain archives
On the morning of our second day, we get up and take a rowboat out onto Mirror Lake. We row into a cove where we sit in silence and watch as the wind blows across the water and the ripples bend along the edges of water lilies. A Common Loon dives and resurfaces, sits for... Continue Reading →
and into the sterling new
It's been awhile. And a lot has gone on. A trip or two and some woods and hikes and fishes and great raging swarms of mosquitoes and in the end I find myself lagging far, far behind in penning my thoughts here, in this forum. Why, I wonder...and I largely think it's due to tedium,... Continue Reading →
Prairie Dock Series in the Breeze with Grasses and Shadows
For a blog about sitting in the woods, I tend to spend a lot of time in prairies; and lately, as I've mentioned, I have been spending a lot of my free out-and-about time at Wolf Road Prairie. Again, this is a great place to visit and a window into the landscape of Illinois and... Continue Reading →
Problems with the Profound and Just Sitting Around
or stuff about ideas It's been awhile. And so where are we in this? Where am I? It's seemed to me for some time that this take a year and figure out something new about myself and the world around me kind of project has become one of the most cliche'd devices around these days.... Continue Reading →
ticks, ramps, and Audubon apps
So, Spring. I feel like she's trying to arrive, but in fits and starts and places in between. But I've been out and about, and there are indications of the liveliness of the foresty parts slowly unfolding. A new development is that I purchased an Audubon app for my 'old' iPhone. I recently upgraded, thank... Continue Reading →
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