A few years ago I stood on this hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and felt my bones vibrate with resonance of the land. For the first time in my life, I felt I belonged in a way I’ve never belonged to any other place on the planet. I was in Devon, England. Later that week, [...]
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In Ways I Can’t Explain*
Posted in Alabama Coast, Cornwall, Devon, England, Environment, Lightwork, Nature, Nature's teachings, Uncategorized, tagged ancestral link, blue ridge mountains, david wilcox, devon england, new kent county, western england on January 29, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Parting the Veil–Thoughts from New Year’s Eve
Posted in Environment, Estuary, Nature, Nature's teachings, SUP Boarding, Weeks Bay, tagged Estuary, nature, Nature's Teachings, SUP BOARDING, Weeks Bay on January 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
As I paddled through thick, gray-white mist across the mouth of Weeks Bay, the silence was broken by a loon that surfaced nearby. The haunting cry bounced off the wall of fog and wrapped around me like a voice from another realm. I felt peaceful and quiet, encapsulated by a small radius of open water [...]
Wisdom of the Wild
Posted in Environment, gratitude, Nature, Nature's teachings, SUP Boarding, Uncategorized, tagged ENVIRONMENT, gratitude, nature, Nature's Teachings on December 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My first morning back on the Gulf Coast found me paddling my SUP board from Mobile Bay into Weeks Bay. Since it was a chilly 51 degrees, there was nobody else on the water in boats or other watercraft. It was just the bay, the sky, multitudes of shorebirds and me. As I paddled through [...]
Teachings from a Christmas Tree
Posted in Christmas Trees, Environment, gratitude, Lightwork, Nature, Nature's teachings, Uncategorized, tagged Christmas Trees, ENVIRONMENT, humanity, LIGHTWORK, nature, Nature's Teachings on December 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The first thing I remember is swirling stars and crisp autumn nights. In human years I know not how long ago I was planted on the mountainside. I remember waking up in the chilly air and realizing the magnificent forest of my brothers and sisters around me covering the hills. I felt my friends being [...]
Grateful for the Small Things
Posted in Blue Ridge Parkway, Environment, gratitude, humanity, Nature, wildlife, tagged blue ridge parkway, ENVIRONMENT, gratitude, humanity, LIGHTWORK, nature, wildlife on November 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Okay, so this juvenile bear isn’t exactly small, as the title suggests. Neither are the two others that are part of this family. The mother is huge and healthy and I am overjoyed that I spent time watching this precious family romp on my decks Thanksgiving night and a couple nights after that instead of [...]
Gratitude for a Sense of Place
Posted in Environment, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Lightwork, Nature, OCEAN, Uncategorized, tagged ENVIRONMENT, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, LIGHTWORK, nature, OCEAN, wildlife on November 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It took me a while to make the decision to leave the Blue Ridge Mountains but when I did my compass pointed south, or specifically– southwest. The live oak trees draped with Spanish moss whisper my name as the wind rattles their waxy, hard leaves against each other. The smell of coastal Alabama soil, that [...]
The Psychosis of Christmas
Posted in consumerism, Environment, Lightwork, Nature, sustainable economy, Uncategorized, tagged consumerism, gratitude, LIGHTWORK, nature, sustainable economy on November 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This piece was written four years ago but it seems to fit perfectly again this year. With no editing, I present the following commentary. I stopped dead in the aisle, overcome with three different Christmas songs playing at once along with the noise of an air compressor rattling twelve-foot high shelves. The compressor was keeping [...]
Evolution of Humanity
Posted in Environment, humanity, Lightwork, Nature, sustainable economy, Uncategorized, tagged ENVIRONMENT, gratitude, humanity, LIGHTWORK, nature, OCEAN, sustainable economy on November 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I sat in silence holding love and appreciation for this magnificent planet in my mind and heart. Images came and went–animals, people, bodies of water, forests, sky. There was only peace and interconnection. Let this day be a marker for us to rise above our selfish concerns and elevate our thoughts to what is good [...]
Change Agents
Posted in Environment, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, humanity, Joanna Macy, Lightwork, Nature, OCEAN, sustainable economy, Uncategorized, wildlife, tagged Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, ENVIRONMENT, nature, LIGHTWORK, OCEAN, sustainable economy, humanity, wildlife, Joanna Macy on November 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
On September 23rd I was in a small jet flying to Atlanta from Asheville. We flew over Lake Julian and the coal-fired power plant. Horrendous, black piles of death lay below. Earth raped as a commodity. I was glad to be headed for Rowe, Massachusetts where I would be spending a week with Joanna Macy [...]
Moving from Apathy to Action
Posted in Diving, Environment, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, humanity, Lightwork, Nature, OCEAN, Uncategorized, tagged ENVIRONMENT, gratitude, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, humanity, LIGHTWORK, nature, OCEAN, wildlife on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As I was enjoying a quiet breakfast I picked up my latest copy of Dive Training magazine and started reading a story about marine species that are headed for extinction and how they got that way. Not light reading, especially while attempting digestion. It’s much easier to set aside articles such as this and watch [...]
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