Out Here Though…

We just got back from a forest retreat in a rustic cabin... no electricity, no running water, no gadgets.... Only us and the forest. Though it was only for a few days, the experience was significant in many ways. I hope to share more in the coming days as I integrate and process the experience, …

Bridge to Enchantment – Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Way

After spending the majority of our time outdoors at a beloved nearby park for the last couple years, unfortunate circumstances necessitated exploration of different territories for outdoor enjoyment.  The ever-helpful Google assisted us in locating a nearby nature preserve that looked to have some promise, so off we went.  Upon arrival, the bridge pictured above …

Holding the Space of Autumn: A Meditation on Neart and Liminality

For the most part these moments that defy articulation rest on a paradox: at every crossing there is always a moment in which one is neither on one side nor on the other, neither what one was nor what one will be … One is in suspension-hovering timelessly in between.[1] We welcomed the autumnal equinox …

Wire and Stone

Beautiful, cool August morning here in west Michigan.  The sun hadn't yet evaporated the dew from the grasses at the park, so boots, jean hems, and the dog were soaked in short order.  Reds and golds of the approaching autumn are beginning to peek out from still-vibrant bushes and tree limbs. The central ring at …

Places Named and Tended

To be human, when being human is a habit we have broken, that is a wonder.[1] In the Irish myth The Voyage of Bran, there is a silver branch that sings to Bran, and by doing so, upends his world dramatically. As Moriarty explains in his book Invoking Ireland, this is a breaking of the …