We Were Never Meant to Grow in Straight Lines So much of modern life is shaped around the idea that growth should always look like forward motion. That we should be clear, motivated, and productive, even in the depths of winter. That rest is something to earn, and pause is something to justify. But when we look to the natural world, we see something very different. Nothing in nature grows in a straight line. There are seasons of expansion and contraction, light and dark, movement and rest....

November sunrise Sunday’s Sunrise Gift This was Sunday’s glorious November sunrise. As the days grow shorter, I make it a point to soak up as much daylight as possible—weather permitting. There's something deeply nourishing about being surrounded by nature: the cheerful songs of birds, the playful dash of squirrels, and...super thrilled! -my first-ever sighting of a muntjac deer. I was absolutely overjoyed. Sadly not captured on camera this time. Samhain 2025 A Heartfelt Thank You The Samhain...

As Mother Nature continues her graceful descent into autumn, she invites us to slow down and turn inward. With the falling leaves and lengthening nights comes the next turning of the Wheel of the Year — Samhain (pronounced sow-ein), the ancient Celtic New Year. Samhain marks both an ending and a beginning — the closing of summer’s outward energy and the opening of the darker, more introspective half of the year. Just as the trees release their leaves, we too are invited to let go, to rest,...