Be tenacious! Have courage! When everything that you recognize is stripped away know that as a creative being you can still blossom. Pink. The Lady Slipper Orchid emerging after surviving the timbering, April 2022 It was the holiday season of 2009. We simply took a drive. Heading west four...
Tree Farm
Gratitude to Mother Earth Sailing Through Night and Day …
Happy Earth Day! Caught on the wildlife camera at the tree farm early this month And here, in honor of National Poetry Month is one of my all-time favs by Zen-poet, Gary Snyder: Prayer for the Great Family (after a Mohawk Prayer) Gratitude to Mother Earth, sailing through night and day–...
BE Brilliant … A New Trail Unfolds
The moon/month of June carries the keyword of Brilliance. Moonrise on Lake Smith, Drozda (c) I send you all the best as you discover the ways in which joyfulness and peace come forward supporting you to shine bright. Every June the opportunity to spiral UP^ arrives like a...
The Nature of Nature
Over the past decade stewarding 50 acres of land in the Virginia Piedmont, BD, and I have learned a bit about the timbering process. We have also witnessed, up close and in a sober and reverential way, the ability of Mother Earth to do everything in her power to...
Another Door Opens …
This photo, taken several years ago at the tree farm, reminds me that everything wants to grow UP^ … Since 2010 the loblolly pine trees have gone from being boot/ankle-high to now towering well overhead. The name of the tree farm for the first ten years was BBG (Blue...
Tree Farm: First Summer
Welcome to the art/life trail. On the third Wednesday of each month BD and I share our Tree Farm adventure which began in February 2010 with her purchase of 50 clear cut acres. BD: the first spring The story thus far: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Spring 2010: Compelled...