January 9, 2023 Why do we feel such peace in the natural world? Have you ever stopped to think about that? “For a time, I rest in the grace of the world, and I am free”. In a previous edition of this newsletter, I quoted Wendell Berry’s poem, The Peace of the Wild Things. That …
December 21, 2022 Greetings to all on this winter Solstice Day 2022. Here in West Yellowstone it’s been snowing and cloudy much of the time so we have not seen some of the celestial events that occur this time of year such as the Geminid meteor shower which typically peaks about a week before today. …
November 24, 2022 Thanksgiving Robin Wall Kimmerer is the author of Gathering Moss and Braiding Sweetgrass. Robin is a mom, member of the Potawatami Nation, and professor of Environmental Science at SUNY college of Forestry in Syracuse, NY. As founding director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, she and her students collaberate …
IN THIS ISSUE: News from Wild Wind and M.U.S.E.Words to Ponder Greetings from “turn back time” day! Wild Wind and M.U.S.E (Musicians United to Sustain the Environment) have gone through a few changes as we find ways to carry on. For a short time it was rebranded as “Listen to the Earth”, but we found M.U.S.E. …
November 8, 2022 Pouncing fox photo by Pete Bengyfield For everything there is a season…and we have all figured out how to adapt to seasons. Some embrace these changes and others “migrate” (snow birds). I know folks who head to South America’s southern-most places for eternal winter! Many cultures celebrated seasonal changes with rituals and …