Nature
Another Twig
No true image exists for this true story. When a poet decides to take a step, and walk, poetry pops out much later, and the direction is often of no consequence. Left may be a dead-end, right may be some other kind of hell, forward may look like death, and backward is almost impossible. There are no wings to fly up, but if there are some stairs, it is something. The same applies to going down, but nobody wants to go to the basement where the possibilities are darker like a moonless night, even if there is some artificial light. There are six possibilities to choose from at most.
By Patrick M. Ohana3 years ago in Earth
Cultivating Joy
Growing up helping Mom and Dad in our garden, I always thought there was something magical and empowering about working the ground, planting a seed and putting food on our table. Likewise, it is deeply spiritual to me to stare up a towering silver maple that I remember Dad putting in the ground as a sapling; the same tree I used to cut the suckers and water sprouts from so one main trunk would grow tall, straight and true.
By The Bantering Welshman3 years ago in Earth
The Bug Haters Club
I love the outdoors. It’s one of the sweetest parts of living in Canada. I *also* hate bugs. Even as a small child, I knew I had to find a way to make these two coexist. And as I got older, I found others like me ~ AKA bug detesting, nature enthusiasts.
By Miss Charlotte3 years ago in Earth
Let's Clear the Negative Air
Have you ever felt like the air around you or you yourself are holding a negative energy that you can't seem to shake away? Sage is an herb used during a Native American ritual called smudging, to purify the air of negative energy and allow one to get rid of the negative energy held within one's self. A window is opened to allow the negative energy to leave. The sage is then lit with a wooden match and left to burn. As it burns, one washes the smoke over the body, using one's hands, so as to walk in a positive light. Once the sage has burned to ash, the ashes of the sage are then put outdoors to get rid of the negative energy (CBC News, 2019; Harmon, 2016).
By Herbs to a T 3 years ago in Earth
The Hobby of Life
How to explain plant magic and its effect on me? How to explain the beauty I see in all of the greenery? The expanse of the wild fern, the litter of tree limbs after a great storm. I often look to the Earth for my inspiration for what is inside. I often find that the plants speak more truth than I see from people in church pews. Their whispers of patience, of growth, of human connection to the planet. I look to them for the answers I cannot reach in myself. I ask how the rose is so beautifully formed in order to become a symbol of love. I work in the dirt, I work in the sun. I live for the plants, I live for the earthworms doing their due diligence. They provide for us, despite being fodder for the fish in the water. In this I embrace what the Earth gives, is also what it takes away. I am shown that in order for a bloom to thrive, sometimes it must be cut back to the root. Sometimes it must start all over again in order to provide the beauty we barely notice on our way to work.
By Faith De Young3 years ago in Earth