These are the people … This is the time when the water rises. It is the time when seed descends. It is the time when rushes draw water from the cold… … […]
In Praise of Wetlands
Harold Rhenisch
www.haroldrhenisch.com
The Sacred Rowan
When trees are sacred, the earth doesn’t turn into a desert. And birds come, too, out of the air.
Two Ways to Turn Winter Into Summer
1. Pines, Sun and Water Look how this ponderosa pine’s needles are designed to radiate heat. This helps for cooling in the summer. In the winter, the design helps the tree to collect […]
Walking in the Snow
When the fog and the frost roll in and the snow crunches underfoot and the air nips at the fingers and the toes freeze in the boots, it’s time to go pruning […]
When Horses Walk the Earth (A Winter Prayer)
Let us praise giant rye grass…. … that grows as tall as a horse … … and let us praise its dark seed … … and the fog that blows […]
Air: The Primary Human Habitat
Our earth is not just a glob of rocks … spinning around the sun, and not just vast seas of water sloshing around at the pull of the moon … … but is also […]
Spring Has Sprung In the Okanagan
Spring is here, friends, and it looks like this. That’s some mighty fine fog rolling over from the “Head of the Lake Indian Reserve”, isn’t it. That falling action, though, that’s part of […]
Talking With the Trees
Here’s a dolmen in North Wales. Note the tree. The dolmen is thousands of years older than the tree. It has a lid, to keep out the rain, I guess. Like a […]
The Oriole in the Coal Mine
Trees are boundaries. They are creatures of the air, but are anchored to the soil. Most birds are like that, too. Many put their nests up in the sky, supported by trees. They even […]
The Exquisite Beauty of Gravity
There is a tension …. … between what rises … …and what finds the core. Sometime’s it’s weightless. Sometimes it rises. Sometimes it falls. Sometimes it balances. But […]
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