Dear Reader, With the new year just two days away, we are still in the time of major holidays. This year, I have been reflecting on what some of these holidays mean to me - especially Christmas, a …
Beauty Unfolding
Dear Reader, I am writing at the end of October, my favorite time of year. Even though the Autumn colors were expected to be less brilliant this year here in Maine - perhaps because of warmer …
Be Like Nature
Dear Reader, Autumn has arrived. Nights are getting longer. Days are getting colder. The leaves are finally turning and preparing to fall, as they always do. Where are you in your own cycles of …
Old Man
Dear Reader, The day before yesterday I met a friend in the White Mountains of New Hampshire for a little hiking and a lot of catching up. We mostly sat by a mountain stream (very healing!) in …
Connecting With the Present Moment
Dear Reader, Last weekend, my wife and I took advantage of the sun that came before the deluge, and went for a drive across the border to North Conway, New Hampshire. It was an adventure, to enjoy …
Vernal Equinox on Steroids
Dear Reader, Yes, today is the first day of Spring! I am feeling it, despite also feeling the chill, earlier, of a 6 degree Fahrenheit Maine morning. The earth is moving at its own pace, regardless …
