“The stars serve as an anchor point of stability in a dangerous and ever-changing world.” This quote from The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders Read the Stars, sang in my mind last night as I stood beneath the blanket of twinkling beauty. I don’t recognize the country that I dearly love. It has become a war …
We are shifting. Consciousness is evolving. We are witnessing the breakdown of the old way of fear so that we can live from our hearts. Those that are wanting to amass more power and wealth are doing everything they can to create more for themselves. What they don’t realize is that the chaos they are …
The past several days have been intense all over Western North Carolina. Wildfires have been burning thousands of acres. Very dry conditions, unbelievably low humidity and wild winds have created a nightmare for residents, firefighters, and wildlife. One of those fires is only three miles from my home. It sounds like a long way, but …
There is a moss-covered log I love to visit when hiking one of the higher altitude trails in a nearby national park. It is within 30 feet of the heavily-used trail and the area is open around it, with trees but no underbrush. Each time I visit the tree, I sit on it, still my …
I laid on the porch, gazing into the clear sky, as Orion slowly moved across the sky. In another area of the immenseness of space, my little smart telescope took 10 second exposures for 1 ½ hours of a small section of Ursa Major known as M 81 or Bode’s Galaxy. The stars seemed to …