I stood transfixed listening to wild turkeys vocalizing across the creek. The distinct and loud gobble of a male followed by the yelp of a female. For days as I walked the Mountain, I have heard the calls, have seen a dozen hens roosting in the huge, white pines overhanging the small creek. Today I [...]
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Dance of Beauty
Posted in Environment, gratitude, Nature, Nature's teachings, spring equinox, wild turkeys, wildlife, tagged ENVIRONMENT, nature, Nature's Teachings, spring equinox, wild turkeys, wildlife on March 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Passion to Proceed
Posted in Uncategorized, Gulf Oil Spill, Environment, Gulf of Mexico, humanity, Nature, Gulf Coast Seafood, OCEAN, gratitude, Nature's teachings, Weeks Bay, Estuary, Alabama Coast, tagged ENVIRONMENT, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Nature's Teachings, OCEAN, sea turtles on February 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I am sitting at the counter at my mom’s kitchen gazing out at Mobile Bay. Just a pause before writing. I’m presenting a program at Gulf Shores Library tomorrow morning and was reviewing my A/V presentations to see which one I’ll use. In reviewing my library of programs one I put together showing the worst [...]
One Simple Thing
Posted in consciousness, Environment, humanity, Lightwork, Nature, Uncategorized on February 19, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday as I was driving through the mountains of North Georgia I had a thought–what if a large group of people all over the planet decided to change the world for the better by adding 5 minutes a day of stillness to their daily routine? I had been considering the degradation of the environment, the [...]
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 »
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, [...]
The Abundant Universe
Posted in gratitude, humanity, Nature, Nature's teachings, Uncategorized, tagged ENVIRONMENT, Nature's Teachings on January 15, 2012 | 2 Comments »
When I stop and look around me I see outrageous evidence of abundance. Sunsets, sunrises, rolling waves, white sandy beaches, tree-covered mountains all point to unlimited, unbounded, endless good stuff happening all the time. No matter what issues circulate in the sphere of my life, the lives of friends, communities, ecosystems….balanced with those challenges, as [...]
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 [...]
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