Screech
SCREECH! All through July, a shrill, high pitched, repetitive sound punctuated our days. By days, I mean all day. From sun up to sun down–which in Maine in July, is about 15-16 hours. By shrill, I mean this. Pretty early in July, we identified the source of...
Touching Nature
I so miss the days of hugs, playful shoves, sitting closely together…the experience of touch is one of the most important and innate ways we connect and respond to each other. Physical distancing requires us to lose so much of this source of comfort. Consider...
Nature Walk for Connecting and Easing Stress
The pains of a pandemic spring and the new possibilities emerging Winter was long and spring was rainy. The stress connected to Covid-19 made those gloomy spring days nearly intolerable. Normally a rainy April is a time to enjoy the coziness of those last days of...
Connecting with ‘Animal Being’
To Learn from Animal Being by John O’Donohue, in “To Bless the Space Between us: A Book of Blessings”. Nearer to the earth’s heart, Deeper within its silence: Animals know this world In a way we never will. We who are ever Distanced and...
About Me
I’ve worked in both the social service and environmental education fields, and have learned that combining the two is a deeply powerful way to support people.