Lent 2023 - Murrelets

Years ago I had a dream. In the dream I was standing with a dark-skinned man before a park bench on a sunny day. Under the bench were a neatly-folded…

The earth is in a precarious position, so we humans believe. Though we should exercise due diligence and make efforts to protect the planet, places l…

Out in the country Twenty-six miles or so south of town By the well On the Neumann Ranch I remember As a kid we’d go out a few times a week To water …

My friend Chris La Tray, in his Irritable Métis blog post today, shares his one-sentence journal entry from March 17: "2023_0317: Considering th…

Lightness is a dominant metaphor in Christianity—this idea that we are moving towards and seeking out the light. After a long winter I am certainly h…

I remember the very first Earth Day. We were living in Columbus Ohio where my husband was attending law school at OSU. Our daughter Robin was an in…

Everything in nature is made up of five basic elements: earth, water, fire, air, and space. Humanity has managed to pollute, abuse and disrespect th…

O, Earth. Creation as first Incarnation, so say the saints. There is little difference now between the Ground on which I walk, and the Spirit who mov…

I’m falling in love with someone who’s falling in love with earth in a novel. He’s an alien narrator with a purpose for being here but he’s changing …