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Parallel Love
With all that is happening in the world lately, it’s easy to become consumed by the consciousness of fear. We run in circles seeking safety, looking for something to “defend” us from death. But this does nothing to ease the fear of those actually living in war zones. And it doesn’t mean we must define…
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Self Observation
There come those times in life when you know full well the path you are on, while at the same time asking yourself if this is the one you want to be on at all. I was kneeling by a local creek a few days ago, thinking about all the jobs I have had, my…
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Walled Garden Part: 1
Walled Gardens and the Return of Aristocratic Access Last week I visited one of the region’s largest and most notable plant nurseries. Though it was a weekday, it was busier than expected. Delivery trucks were offloading fresh shipments, carts clattered down the greenhouse aisles, and new plants were being organized into rows. Most of the…
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Renegade Horticulture
Having studied environmental ecology in college—where I was considered one of the less extreme voices among my peers—I came to realize that our modern-day management of wildlands is, in many ways, still quite primitive. Despite the dedication of many skilled professionals, there remains a troubling divide: the harsh separation between the municipalities management of the…
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Designing During Collapse
After going to college for Environmental Studies and working in the mountain outback for eight years, I was grateful to have learned that symmetry is important. All physical things require a state of balance. Yet in spiritual things, I think there is no such thing. It always feels like all or nothing to me. This…
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Expanding the Internal Landscape
Part of my mission here is to inspire people to reconnect with the garden resting in their internal landscape. What follows is a beginning demonstration of how to shape land with a spirit of stewardship. These are a few sketches I created while envisioning how to weave a sense of sacred experience into outdoor exploration.…
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Interpreting Nature
Nature is a voice all its own. When one learns to become receptive to it, something awakens. This receptivity requires an expansion of our innate senses, which have accompanied us throughout creation. Over time, these senses have often been suppressed or simply gone unpracticed due to a perceived loss of need. Among them are the…
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Celtic Mystics in Western Europe
Sometimes often contemplate the reasons why we, as a human species, have so much conflict — the clashes between religions, nations, and identities.Much of it, I feel, comes from being handed scripts that contain subtle or even direct lies.Because of this, we have lost touch with who we are and what we have been —…
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Ancient Groves
Cultures all around the world have had a unique connection between spiritual experience and the promotion of ecological stewardship. At a time it was seen that the bridge between the higher realms of consciousness and the natural world was narrowed in places where life was seen as sacred. This is evidenced by the existance of…
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A Forest of Succession
A local forest that is adjacent to an elementary school is one of my favorite forests to visit. A once popular trail has become overgrown. The teachers not as eager to take the children into the forest as they were years before. When you visit a place on a regular basis you can begin to…
Ancient Refuge 