"Inhabiting the San Juan River canyon for a few days feels like an actual merging of place and friendship with a certain deep affinity circulating between the humans and the landscape. It’s an immersion into something that’s equally comforting, awe-inspiring, and joyful," Rosie Carter writes in this personal essay about friendship with place and humans alike.
Read MoreWhat happens in your head when a pandemic hits and your world shrinks to the size of your living room and every week brings more news that's scary and heartbreaking all at once and you miss little things you didn't know were so important like running into friends on the street and great big bear hugs? What changes to your brain take place and what hidden part of your mind quietly tries to deal with them so your day-to-day self can go on functioning in a semi-normal kind of way?
Read MoreI have a strong belief in the search for the truth but that doesn't deter me from also looking for signs. You know what I mean... messages from another realm or a dispatch from a rock.
Read MoreI've been on a journey, that started months before we'd all heard of coronavirus, of studying rocks. And I've wondered, "What is it that rocks would tell us if we could understand their silent language?" This question seems apt right now as the noise of our busy lives has suddenly shifted to a much quieter place - the confines of our home and the company of only our closest kin. What is it that is speaking to you out of this newly acquired silence?
Read MoreI've been wondering lately what it is that can cause us to stand still in wonder. How a thing can catch hold of our senses in a way that makes us pause and respond with awe. Is it an external something or does it come from inside? I'm inclined to think it's an exceptional combination of both... something of a moment that brings surprise and beauty together with an opening of eyes, ears, heart. A moment when your senses can directly connect with your surroundings in a personal way. And I'm pretty sure the ol' brain has little to do with it. Without the brain interjecting, those un-narrated moments can seem a little magical.
Read MoreLife is rather tricky to maneuver through no matter where you are. Opportunity is embedded in community and you're lucky if you find a place you love. The rest is just attitude and perspective.
Read MoreThe acknowledgement on everyone's part that not knowing what the heck you're up to is really just inherent in being alive was immensely helpful to hear.
Read MoreThey tumbled out onto the street where the hawk grabbed the dove and was about to take off when a pack of three ravens swooped in, squawking crazily, and chased the hawk with dove down the street, all of them flying just inches above the pavement…
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