The rocks and rivers speak the story of our healing and the renewal of our lost wonder — if only we learn to listen.
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The dread that comes with charting unknown territory is also an opportunity to embrace new forms of self knowledge — to experience what Wendell Berry calls “our essential loneliness.”
As spring approaches — a reminder to open the love letters that nature sends us — in every season.
There is joy in seeking out the boundless newness of the world. To embrace this is to welcome the uncertain, the mysterious, the unknowable — whether you are in the spring of youth or the sunset of seniority.
We've built boundaries between what we consider the cultural, human realm and the world of nature. But there are ever-widening cracks in that wall — and something to be learned about the question of belonging.
A poem from Mary Oliver transforms the depths of winter into wonder at its otherworldly beauty.
From the solitude of nature, a poem on reclaiming a sense of welcome in our own lives.
On stripping away the clutter of life to live more deeply, inspired by a Mary Oliver poem on the clarity that comes from winter’s sparseness.
A poem from Mary Oliver on the ultimate act of gratitude: offering up our own gifts of the mind, heart, and spirit.
A poem from David Whyte on escaping the noise of the world, and listening instead to “questions that can make or unmake a life.”
Parker finds comfort in a poem from Carrie Newcomer — on learning how to occupy our space in the world with the wholeness and grace of trees.
The turbidity of Melbourne's Yarra River reflects the murkiness of inner life. When faced with loss and joy, we must sink into shadows before we can make the crossing — and emerge more whole on the opposite shore.
When the spirit feels leaden, there's respite in the sunrise that breaks through the night. A poem from Mary Oliver on taking comfort in daybreak.
Watch the magnificent beauty of nature's smokeshow and fireworks slowly gather and reveal themselves through Chad Cowan's timelapse films.
We can’t take wilderness retreats every time we feel caught up in the world’s madness, but a poem can be a momentary reprieve.
An antidote from Margaret Atwood for the hubris that leads us to claim ownership over the living lands that nourish us.
Mary Oliver's knack for finding the grace in life's big questions, and reflecting on them with the calm and clarity of an afternoon on a quiet pond.
To live fully and well, we need diversity — in nature and in our lives together.
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