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The Silver Linings Within the Sadness of a Pandemic
This is a time of great trials and challenges. People are sick and dying around the world, losing their jobs, and we are even more socially isolated as we quarantine. There is suffering all around. As with all challenges, there is much to learn. The bigger the...
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Feed Yourself, Feed Earth
I have been writing for months now about my decades-long disconnect from Earth which has lately been evolving to a greater interest in caring for Earth in a holistic fashion. One area, which generates considerable embarrassment on my part, is my inability to grow...
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Diversity in How We Show Love for Earth
I love to think about diversity on Earth – not just with nature’s plants, animals, and minerals, but also with regard to humans and all the gifts we bring to our families and communities. Diversity also includes the many ways we perceive and share love with each...
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Earth, The Center of Our World
Sometimes we don’t notice or appreciate a truth that surrounds us. Sometimes the truth is even indisputable, a seeming rarity in this day and age. One truth is so obvious and indisputable, but we seem to frequently act is if it weren’t the case. This truth is that...
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The Chrysalis of Grief
Imagine your most beloved family member is ill and no one came to her aid.No one is there to hold her hand when she is scared.No one to talk to the experts about ensuring her best care.No one to watch to make sure everything is done on time and in the proper way.No...
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Not So Different – The Social Network of Trees
Social networks are all around us; what comes to mind for you when you think of social network? Your lifelong friends from childhood? A gardening group? Book club? Sunday school class? Perhaps instead you gravitate to work relationships and the tentacles of networked...
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The Way We Care For Nature
The multiple and frequently conflicting narratives around climate change and care for Earth can be overwhelming, and we seem to be making little progress moving the conversation forward. It’s no wonder, since climate change and its cause and effects are beyond...
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The Way Earth Makes Me Feel
Things always seem to come full circle. We start out as helpless babies, and decades later return to the need to be cared for by others. There’s an innocence to the surrender of needing to be cared for by others at those early and late stages that we somehow lose,...
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What is Communication?
Photo by Gaelle Marcel The word communication is derived from the Latin word, communicare, which means “to share.” Communication is one of those words we use all the time, probably think about frequently, and maybe even discuss periodically. However, do most of us...
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