I relocated 9 Gulf Fritillary caterpillars today that had eaten most of the Passion Vine they were on and were facing starvation. I drove them to a nearby location that I knew had what they needed, as the area where they were was one of the few areas left after the landscape had been pillaged … Continue reading Ten Beating Hearts

This week whilst walking through the garden I saw what I found out later to be a Red Velvet Mite. She was walking over a dug over potato patch with gusto and purpose. Having never seen anything quite like it I couched down to observe her wanderings. Mites are a species of Arachnid that have … Continue reading A Lesson from a Mite

Like a grotesque monster, civilization has become a being in its own right. It survives by feeding off the natural world in a way that is alien to all other life and indeed even stones themselves, the bones of the earth. It has gained an identity above and beyond those who dwell as trapped humans … Continue reading The Spirit is Silent

There is a dark stain on the soul of humanity that has lingered for thousands of years. A creeping alienation of spirit that has cast it’s shadowy evil over all in encountered. This was the success of Abrahamic world view. It drew all into it’s sick world of domination and hierarchical atrocities. The same sickness … Continue reading The Pilgrimage of Pillaging

This morning I stood staring at a waning moon before the sun arose. The silence of the stars was awe inspiring. I never tire of the way the Universe connects to my heart, the way the Universe speaks to my soul. It’s something I find few people share and most of those who do so … Continue reading The Road Home

As a child I heard the echo of the howl from thousands of years ago enter my heart and in dread I looked about in bewildered suspicion. A screaming howl of torment, misery, hurt and terror dwelt in that howl under a moon that shone down upon a once thriving earth in increasing despair. The … Continue reading The Tragedy of Alienation

This morning I relocated a Toad that was trapped. I put the Toad under some trees that I knew had a water source and where other Toads frequent. The area nearby was once habitat that was razed to make way for a housing estate. Habitat loss by this culture that over populates, over consumes and … Continue reading To Serve

In the past few days I was witness to a profound experience. I got to listen to the heartbeat in real time of a snake. This experience reinforced my deep wonder and awe of the Universe and greatly inspired me. Listening to her beating heart, strong and sublimely present filled me with love and stirred … Continue reading A Profound Experience

In the eyes of the owl I hear the thunder of storms half a world away. In the whisper of her feathers I hear the volcanic eruptions throughout the Universe and across the earth. In her talons she grasps the branch of a tree that is entwined with soil thousands of years old, it's limbs … Continue reading The Legacy

I never tire of the lessons Nature gives to me even though I’ve had the same lessons for many years they are still welcome in my heart. These lessons in silence tell me there is an unspoken connection that goes beyond our traditionally known 5 senses, something deeper, something mysterious yet familiar to the attentive. … Continue reading Reverence, Service and Devotion