First, Go where you Need to.
A couple of weeks ago, I headed for a favorite area in the Woods. As I stepped out into the parking lot, I wondered which trail I should take. I had been thinking that where I wanted to go was…
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Tree Medicine
The Rain, the Audience, the Music, the Dance
The Woods is of fog and rain, this morning, Yet, it is welcoming in all ways. The pattering of the rain on the leaves, Is as of an audience offering a salutation of acknowledgement, As I step into the Music.…
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Dances with Trees
There was a time in my life, where things were much simpler. I didn’t live in a big city. I didn’t worry about employment, it was just there. I didn’t worry about what I should or should not be doing…
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If Love were an Oak
All trees come in genus and species. The genus being the family and the species being the individual variety. While all of the trees in a given family have some similar characteristic that binds them, the individual species offers a…
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Why not return – Amsterdam 3
Over the years, the question has arisen in me (and I’m sure in very many others) as to why I don’t return to Amsterdam, my hometown, the “little city with a big heart” that I love, nestled on the southern…
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Autumn Trees
Pause in your life,Make the time,Take the chance,To stand alone,In the breeze laden Woods,And watch the trees dance. Peter J Quandt
There is something about …
There is something about coming to a realization, that spark of an “Aha”, that sends a sort of release throughout me. That sense of “now I understand” transforms a cloudy, half asleep pair of eyes into alert mechanisms, opening a…
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Spider’s Lessons
I hadn’t traveled but 100′ down the firelane, this morning, when I happened across 2 spider’s webs, hanging along the edge of the trail, now revealed by a slightly less than early morning sun. This reminded me of my intention…
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