Have you ever watched a nature program on television or over the internet that showed in intricate, minute detail all that goes into one aspect of an organism’s existence, which left you gobsmacked? Like certain birds who migrate at a certain time of the year to a certain spot on the globe because dust storms […]
Our friend, Tree, has two personalities. First, the breezy, noisy, forward-looking treetop who engages with other beings in the air and all around. Second, the deep roots ensconced in and engaging the underworld from which Tree springs, but never abandons. The treetop can only imagine what the roots are doing, because the roots are buried […]
NOTE: I’ve been working on this one for a while to publish it this week. It is in no way related to the politically-motivated attacks perpetrated by conservative terrorists in America over the course of the previous week. There is an odd truth to the term “liberal elite” when it is used to pit uneducated […]
Why do we nurture children and animals and show babies unconditional love? We know how steam from our core wafts to the surface to become subconscious and conscious reasons for where we direct our affection. But what is the core? Wait. Actually, what did I just say? Let’s go…. We appear to be individuated beings, […]
See the baby girl spinning in a circle as fast as she can. Likely the first high of a child with two legs under her. And, oh, what a high! She stops spinning but the earth keeps twirling until finally her equilibrium settles and she staggers and smiles and falls to the ground. She feels […]