photo by .bobby The other day, while driving home from work, I turned onto a street that is bordered by two swampy fields, with a small duck pond nearby. Needless to say, the area is populated by various breeds of birds; including mallard ducks, canadian geese, and even a heron or two. But on this [...]
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I Brake for Killdeer
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Beasts and Animals, Earth Day, Nature, Photography on Tuesday May 6 2008 | 22 Comments »
Beltane ~ In Search of Sweet Woodruff
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Earth Day, Food, Herbs, Nature, Paganism, Sabbats, Spirituality, witchcraft on Thursday May 1 2008 | 14 Comments »
Sigh… I give up. I’ve searched high and low at all the garden centers all around this area in hopes of finding Sweet Woodruff, and nobody seems to have it. They did have some for sale at the Newburgh Country Store’s Herb Sale, but they sold out before I was able to snatch up a [...]
Earth Teach Me
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Earth Day, Nature, Photography, Poetry/Prose, Spirituality, Universal Issues on Tuesday April 22 2008 | 8 Comments »
The below prayer, which has been attributed to the Native American Ute Tribe, perhaps best expresses my own sentiments about what we can learn from the Earth – today, tomorrow, and always. Blessings, Ocean Earth teach me stillness…as the grasses are stilled with light Earth teach me suffering…as old stones suffer with memory Earth teach [...]
Honoring the Sacred Hour
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Earth Day, Nature, Paganism, Poetry/Prose, Ritual, Spirituality, Universal Issues, witchcraft on Sunday March 30 2008 | 7 Comments »
Last night, along with my friends Fyre and Moonrose, I participated in Earth Hour – the global event in which for an hour millions of people all around the world turned off their electricity and various gadgets as a way of showing support for protecting our natural resources and preserving our planet. I suppose it’s [...]
It’s contagious… and I’ve caught it!
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Art & Literature, Earth Day, Nature, Photography, Poetry/Prose, Universal Issues on Thursday March 13 2008 | 11 Comments »
“It’s spring fever… You don’t quite know what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” ~ Mark Twain photo by Robin of Bountiful Healing (whom I suspect is struggling with a bout of Spring Fever herself!)
Dancing to the Heartbeat of the Earth
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Earth Day, Nature, Photography, Spirituality on Sunday April 22 2007 | 34 Comments »
I just love this picture, which was sent to me by a friend and fellow Pagan. I’m not sure where he got the picture or who took it, but I find it quite appealing. It makes me think of a delightful young female tree spirit, engaging in joyful dance… May the blessings of the Earth [...]
Prayer for the Earth
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Earth Day, Nature, Paganism, Photography, Spirituality on Saturday April 21 2007 | 4 Comments »
Together, in peace… Let us promise To care for all her lands and seas To nurture every creature To love, to live in harmony with Mother Earth, our teacher To learn more about this post and its photography and prose, please click here [...]
Notes on the Earth Prayer from Robin and Osh
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Earth Day, Nature, Paganism, Photography, Spirituality on Saturday April 21 2007 | 6 Comments »
I want to thank Osh for asking me to collaborate with her once again. I always enjoy our combined efforts to put something together in both words and photographs. Although we haven’t openly discussed our beliefs, I suspect they’re very similar which is why we work so well together. Plus Osh is just plain fun [...]
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