Victory over the Vine

Victory over the Vine

This might sound bizarre, but I learned my first lesson in letting go from a cantankerous rattan vine.  It was many years ago, and my family and I were chipping away at the never-ending task of maintaining the forest land behind our creek.  On this...
Lesson from a Lizard

Lesson from a Lizard

There are dinosaurs in my yard.   Ok, perhaps not the lumbering giants of Jurassic Park fame, or the winged reptiles that screeched through the sky.  I have to grudgingly admit that true dinosaurs are folded in the pages of the past.  Yet...
Nest of New Beginnings

Nest of New Beginnings

In the bright hope of early spring, when the season tiptoed shyly from behind the curtain of winter, I heard the familiar whistling call outside my bedroom window.   “Fee-BEE!  Fee-BEE!”   Excitedly I rushed to the window to welcome the...
Seventeen Years

Seventeen Years

Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! If you live in the eastern and midwestern regions of the United States, I have one message for you:  get ready. In these areas of the country, mysterious invaders are tunneling from their underground...
Hope from a Hummingbird

Hope from a Hummingbird

Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! Listen…do you hear it? The earth is singing the song of spring—the happy cadence of growth and grace and green, at once as old as the ages and as new as each rosy dawn.  Grass is racing along the...
Lost and Found

Lost and Found

Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! One of the easiest things on earth is getting lost in the woods. Trust me; I’ve spent my life roving meadows and mountains, and along the way, I’ve become lost a time or two (or a dozen).  It’s...